HFBL vs. MSVB, KFFB, CPBI, FSEA, BYFC, CFSB, NSTS, CLST, IROQ, and TCBC
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 Mid-Southern Bancorp (MSVB), Kentucky First Federal Bancorp (KFFB), Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Grand Island (CPBI), First Seacoast Bancorp (FSEA), Broadway Financial (BYFC), CFSB Bancorp (CFSB), NSTS Bancorp (NSTS), Catalyst Bancorp (CLST), IF Bancorp (IROQ), and TC Bancshares (TCBC). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
Mid-Southern Bancorp (NASDAQ:MSVB) and Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (NASDAQ:HFBL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana received 103 more outperform votes than Mid-Southern Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.31% of users gave Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Mid-Southern Bancorp an outperform vote.
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana has a net margin of 13.98% compared to Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana's net margin of 12.43%. Mid-Southern Bancorp's return on equity of 8.92% beat Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana's return on equity.
In the previous week, Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana had 3 more articles in the media than Mid-Southern Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana and 0 mentions for Mid-Southern Bancorp. Mid-Southern Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana's score of 0.00 indicating that Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mid-Southern Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Mid-Southern Bancorp pays out 44.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana pays out 34.2% 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 raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Mid-Southern Bancorp has a beta of 0.17, suggesting that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
10.1% of Mid-Southern Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.1% of Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.2% of Mid-Southern Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.8% of Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana has higher revenue and earnings than Mid-Southern Bancorp. Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mid-Southern Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana beats Mid-Southern Bancorp on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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