HFBL vs. EFSI, BVFL, HNVR, LARK, UBFO, FCAP, UNB, PEBK, MRBK, and CBFV
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 Eagle Financial Services (EFSI), BV Financial (BVFL), Hanover Bancorp (HNVR), Landmark Bancorp (LARK), United Security Bancshares (UBFO), First Capital (FCAP), Union Bankshares (UNB), Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (PEBK), Meridian (MRBK), and CB Financial Services (CBFV). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana vs.
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (NASDAQ:HFBL) and Eagle Financial Services (NASDAQ:EFSI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Eagle Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana pays out 47.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eagle Financial Services pays out 59.9% 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. Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Eagle Financial Services has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eagle Financial Services has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Eagle Financial Services 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 Eagle Financial Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Eagle Financial Services'average media sentiment score.
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana received 101 more outperform votes than Eagle Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Eagle Financial Services an outperform vote while only 61.31% of users gave Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana an outperform vote.
Eagle Financial Services has a net margin of 13.59% compared to Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana's net margin of 10.12%. Eagle Financial Services' return on equity of 10.92% beat Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana's return on equity.
21.1% of Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Eagle Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.6% of Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Eagle Financial Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Eagle Financial Services has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.58%. Given Eagle Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Eagle Financial Services is more favorable than Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana.
Summary
Eagle Financial Services beats Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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