KFFB vs. UBOH, BKSC, UBCP, PBHC, FUSB, OFED, AUBN, FDSB, CULL, and TROO
Should you be buying Kentucky First Federal Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kentucky First Federal Bancorp include United Bancshares (UBOH), Bank of South Carolina (BKSC), United Bancorp (UBCP), Pathfinder Bancorp (PBHC), First US Bancshares (FUSB), Oconee Federal Financial (OFED), Auburn National Bancorporation (AUBN), Fifth District Savings Bank (FDSB), Cullman Bancorp (CULL), and TROOPS (TROO). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Kentucky First Federal Bancorp vs.
Kentucky First Federal Bancorp (NASDAQ:KFFB) and United Bancshares (NASDAQ:UBOH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.
Kentucky First Federal Bancorp has a beta of 0.02, suggesting that its stock price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Bancshares has a beta of 0.04, suggesting that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500.
United Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Kentucky First Federal Bancorp. Kentucky First Federal Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
United Bancshares has a net margin of 14.84% compared to Kentucky First Federal Bancorp's net margin of -6.43%. United Bancshares' return on equity of 0.00% beat Kentucky First Federal Bancorp's return on equity.
3.2% of Kentucky First Federal Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.0% of United Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of Kentucky First Federal Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of United Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kentucky First Federal Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.0%. United Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Kentucky First Federal Bancorp pays out -307.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Bancshares pays out 27.1% 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. Kentucky First Federal Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Kentucky First Federal Bancorp received 4 more outperform votes than United Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.15% of users gave United Bancshares an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Kentucky First Federal Bancorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, United Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Kentucky First Federal Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that United Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
United Bancshares beats Kentucky First Federal Bancorp on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:KFFB) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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