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Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (HFBL) Competitors

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HFBL vs. BVFL, HNVR, PEBK, OVBC, MRBK, LARK, UBFO, BCBP, MNSB, and CZWI

Should you be buying Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana include BV Financial (BVFL), Hanover Bancorp (HNVR), Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (PEBK), Ohio Valley Banc (OVBC), Meridian Bank (MRBK), Landmark Bancorp (LARK), United Security Bancshares (UBFO), BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ) (BCBP), MainStreet Bank (MNSB), and Citizens Community Bancorp (CZWI). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana vs. Its Competitors

BV Financial (NASDAQ:BVFL) and Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (NASDAQ:HFBL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

BV Financial has a net margin of 21.08% compared to Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana's net margin of 10.31%. BV Financial's return on equity of 6.56% beat Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BV Financial21.08% 6.56% 1.45%
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana 10.31%6.21%0.54%

BV Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana. Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BV Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BV Financial$49.20M3.46$11.72M$1.0315.70
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana$19.76M2.10$3.59M$1.0912.16

In the previous week, BV Financial had 4 more articles in the media than Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for BV Financial and 3 mentions for Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana. Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat BV Financial's score of 0.56 indicating that Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BV Financial
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

BV Financial has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

42.7% of BV Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.1% of Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana shares are held by institutional investors. 11.8% of BV Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.6% of Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

BV Financial beats Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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.
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HFBL vs. The Competition

MetricHome Federal Bancorp, Inc. of LouisianaFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$41.35M$611.39M$12.28B$9.50B
Dividend Yield3.93%3.38%5.54%4.01%
P/E Ratio12.169.9919.0320.05
Price / Sales2.101.8126.1090.07
Price / Cash11.1415.1121.6358.56
Price / Book0.791.002.205.87
Net Income$3.59M$33.50M$997.25M$258.55M
7 Day Performance-3.16%-0.47%0.60%3.74%
1 Month Performance0.54%2.84%3.44%11.75%
1 Year Performance2.13%5.46%536.57%18.03%

Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HFBL
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana
N/A$13.26
-3.1%
N/A+10.4%$41.35M$19.76M12.1670Positive News
Dividend Increase
Gap Down
BVFL
BV Financial
1.465 of 5 stars
$15.59
-0.5%
N/A+15.9%$164.15M$38.33M14.71112News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
HNVR
Hanover Bancorp
3.5987 of 5 stars
$22.59
-0.6%
$22.00
-2.6%
+31.5%$163.30M$70.28M17.24160News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
PEBK
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina
3.0632 of 5 stars
$29.81
-0.4%
N/A-8.0%$162.76M$108.45M9.77310Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
OVBC
Ohio Valley Banc
2.5023 of 5 stars
$34.24
-1.1%
N/A+48.3%$161.27M$88.93M12.78260News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
MRBK
Meridian Bank
3.5401 of 5 stars
$14.00
+0.8%
$17.00
+21.4%
+26.6%$157.92M$197.37M9.86410News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
LARK
Landmark Bancorp
1.6581 of 5 stars
$26.85
+1.8%
N/A+27.8%$155.27M$62.80M10.37270News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
UBFO
United Security Bancshares
2.7015 of 5 stars
$8.87
+1.3%
N/A+7.9%$155.05M$65.46M11.37120Positive News
BCBP
BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ)
4.0694 of 5 stars
$8.99
+1.5%
$11.75
+30.7%
-32.2%$154.27M$196.95M59.93290
MNSB
MainStreet Bank
3.4754 of 5 stars
$20.00
flat
N/A+17.1%$154M$137.87M-11.63170News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
CZWI
Citizens Community Bancorp
4.1117 of 5 stars
$15.13
+0.5%
N/A+13.0%$151.15M$55.30M12.01220

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