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IF Bancorp (IROQ) Competitors

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IROQ vs. PDLB, MSBI, USCB, SFST, PBFS, FMAO, OBT, BWFG, MVBF, and BCML

Should you be buying IF Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IF Bancorp include Ponce Financial Group (PDLB), Midland States Bancorp (MSBI), USCB Financial (USCB), Southern First Bancshares (SFST), Pioneer Bancorp (PBFS), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO), Orange County Bancorp (OBT), Bankwell Financial Group (BWFG), Mvb Financial (MVBF), and Bay Commercial Bank (BCML). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

IF Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

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

Ponce Financial Group has a net margin of 9.59% compared to IF Bancorp's net margin of 8.90%. Ponce Financial Group's return on equity of 6.09% beat IF Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ponce Financial Group9.59% 6.09% 0.57%
IF Bancorp 8.90%5.46%0.49%

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ponce Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
IF Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

64.3% of Ponce Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.1% of IF Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of Ponce Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of IF Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Ponce Financial Group has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IF Bancorp has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ponce Financial Group$92.25M3.80$10.97M$0.7220.31
IF Bancorp$48.36M1.77$4.30M$1.3419.10

In the previous week, Ponce Financial Group had 5 more articles in the media than IF Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ponce Financial Group and 2 mentions for IF Bancorp. IF Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Ponce Financial Group's score of 1.11 indicating that IF Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ponce Financial Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
IF Bancorp
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

Ponce Financial Group beats IF Bancorp on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IROQ vs. The Competition

MetricIF BancorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$84.79M$879.50M$12.71B$10.65B
Dividend Yield1.58%3.15%5.57%4.82%
P/E Ratio19.1017.0422.1830.57
Price / Sales1.772.6330.64176.50
Price / Cash17.8752.2522.3661.44
Price / Book1.051.122.206.61
Net Income$4.30M$54.82M$1.02B$277.10M
7 Day Performance1.17%3.32%1.54%2.55%
1 Month Performance-1.18%-1.54%0.21%3.77%
1 Year Performance19.66%10.14%538.04%33.05%

IF Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IROQ
IF Bancorp
2.8577 of 5 stars
$25.60
+1.1%
N/A+20.2%$84.79M$48.36M19.10110Positive News
Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
PDLB
Ponce Financial Group
2.4925 of 5 stars
$14.22
+1.4%
N/A+27.0%$341.30M$169.85M19.75250News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
MSBI
Midland States Bancorp
4.2421 of 5 stars
$15.83
+1.4%
$20.75
+31.1%
-26.1%$341.03M$489.48M-20.56970News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
USCB
USCB Financial
4.435 of 5 stars
$16.95
+0.3%
$22.00
+29.8%
+16.7%$340.33M$143.97M11.53196Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
SFST
Southern First Bancshares
3.3212 of 5 stars
$41.15
-0.1%
$51.00
+23.9%
+13.5%$336.64M$213.35M15.24290Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
PBFS
Pioneer Bancorp
1.1791 of 5 stars
$13.01
flat
N/A+19.1%$329.09M$31.81M14.95260News Coverage
FMAO
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp
2.8136 of 5 stars
$23.68
+2.4%
N/A-9.3%$324.98M$179.19M10.96430Upcoming Earnings
OBT
Orange County Bancorp
3.8799 of 5 stars
$24.23
+2.5%
$29.25
+20.7%
-12.6%$323.78M$128.82M9.48210Upcoming Earnings
BWFG
Bankwell Financial Group
1.6432 of 5 stars
$40.83
+0.4%
$42.00
+2.9%
+55.4%$321.47M$195.71M15.83140Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
MVBF
Mvb Financial
4.5679 of 5 stars
$25.15
-2.0%
$29.25
+16.3%
+32.7%$320.19M$228.76M19.35460Upcoming Earnings
BCML
Bay Commercial Bank
4.4739 of 5 stars
$27.15
+0.0%
$31.50
+16.0%
+13.8%$296.58M$138.09M12.45370News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast

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