IF Bancorp (IROQ) Competitors

Northeast Community Bancorp (NASDAQ:NECB) and IF Bancorp (NASDAQ:IROQ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, NECB or IROQ?

Northeast Community Bancorp has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IF Bancorp has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, NECB or IROQ?

Northeast Community Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than IF Bancorp. Northeast Community Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IF Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Northeast Community Bancorp	$102.58M	3.12	$47.79M	$3.50	6.53
IF Bancorp	$23.61M	3.47	$1.79M	$0.93	26.27

Is NECB or IROQ a better dividend stock?

Northeast Community Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. IF Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Northeast Community Bancorp pays out 22.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IF Bancorp pays out 43.0% 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. Northeast Community Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NECB or IROQ?

IF Bancorp received 23 more outperform votes than Northeast Community Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.03% of users gave IF Bancorp an outperform vote while only 63.36% of users gave Northeast Community Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northeast Community Bancorp	Outperform Votes 83 63.36%	Underperform Votes 48 36.64%
IF Bancorp	Outperform Votes 106 65.03%	Underperform Votes 57 34.97%

Is NECB or IROQ more profitable?

Northeast Community Bancorp has a net margin of 29.36% compared to IF Bancorp's net margin of 6.18%. Northeast Community Bancorp's return on equity of 15.96% beat IF Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northeast Community Bancorp	29.36%	15.96%	2.49%
IF Bancorp	6.18%	3.97%	0.34%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of NECB or IROQ?

53.3% of Northeast Community Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.1% of IF Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Northeast Community Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of IF Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to NECB or IROQ?

In the previous week, IF Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Northeast Community Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for IF Bancorp and 4 mentions for Northeast Community Bancorp. Northeast Community Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat IF Bancorp's score of 1.07 indicating that Northeast Community Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Northeast Community Bancorp	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
IF Bancorp	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Northeast Community Bancorp beats IF Bancorp on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.