GCBC vs. CASH, INTR, CLBK, MBIN, CUBI, NIC, QCRH, BTDR, CMPO, and BY
Should you be buying Greene County Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greene County Bancorp include Pathward Financial (CASH), Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), Columbia Financial (CLBK), Merchants Bancorp (MBIN), Customers Bancorp (CUBI), Nicolet Bankshares (NIC), QCR (QCRH), Bitdeer Technologies Group (BTDR), CompoSecure (CMPO), and Byline Bancorp (BY). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Greene County Bancorp vs.
Pathward Financial (NASDAQ:CASH) and Greene County Bancorp (NASDAQ:GCBC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Pathward Financial presently has a consensus target price of $86.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.94%. Given Pathward Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Pathward Financial is more favorable than Greene County Bancorp.
Pathward Financial received 210 more outperform votes than Greene County Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.85% of users gave Pathward Financial an outperform vote while only 52.59% of users gave Greene County Bancorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Pathward Financial had 5 more articles in the media than Greene County Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Pathward Financial and 1 mentions for Greene County Bancorp. Greene County Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Pathward Financial's score of 0.90 indicating that Greene County Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pathward Financial has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greene County Bancorp has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pathward Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Greene County Bancorp. Pathward Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greene County Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pathward Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Greene County Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Pathward Financial pays out 3.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greene County Bancorp pays out 24.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Greene County Bancorp has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Greene County Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Pathward Financial has a net margin of 21.65% compared to Greene County Bancorp's net margin of 20.28%. Pathward Financial's return on equity of 21.86% beat Greene County Bancorp's return on equity.
92.7% of Pathward Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.4% of Greene County Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Pathward Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Greene County Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Pathward Financial beats Greene County Bancorp on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Greene County Bancorp News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for GCBC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Greene County Bancorp Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (NASDAQ:GCBC) was last updated on 12/5/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
Free GCBC Stock Alerts