HMNF vs. FCAP, BYFC, SFBC, PROV, TCBC, MGYR, OFED, FFBW, CLST, and FSFG
Should you be buying HMN Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HMN Financial include First Capital (FCAP), Broadway Financial (BYFC), Sound Financial Bancorp (SFBC), Provident Financial (PROV), TC Bancshares (TCBC), Magyar Bancorp (MGYR), Oconee Federal Financial (OFED), FFBW (FFBW), Catalyst Bancorp (CLST), and First Savings Financial Group (FSFG). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
HMN Financial vs.
HMN Financial (NASDAQ:HMNF) and First Capital (NASDAQ:FCAP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, HMN Financial had 2 more articles in the media than First Capital. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for HMN Financial and 1 mentions for First Capital. HMN Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat First Capital's score of 0.94 indicating that HMN Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HMN Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. First Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. HMN Financial pays out 13.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Capital pays out 30.5% 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.
First Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than HMN Financial. First Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HMN Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HMN Financial has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Capital has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Capital has a net margin of 28.43% compared to HMN Financial's net margin of 18.65%. First Capital's return on equity of 13.79% beat HMN Financial's return on equity.
54.7% of HMN Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.5% of First Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of HMN Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of First Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
First Capital received 82 more outperform votes than HMN Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.24% of users gave HMN Financial an outperform vote while only 51.81% of users gave First Capital an outperform vote.
Summary
First Capital beats HMN Financial on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HMNF 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.
HMN Financial Competitors List
