Kearny Financial (KRNY) Competitors

Kearny Financial (NASDAQ:KRNY) and ConnectOne Bancorp (NASDAQ:CNOB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and media sentiment.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, KRNY or CNOB?

ConnectOne Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Kearny Financial. Kearny Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ConnectOne 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
Kearny Financial	$343.53M	1.27	$26.08M	$0.42	16.00
ConnectOne Bancorp	$534.62M	2.36	$73.79M	$0.87	28.89

Which has more risk and volatility, KRNY or CNOB?

Kearny Financial has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ConnectOne Bancorp has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is KRNY or CNOB a better dividend stock?

Kearny Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. ConnectOne Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Kearny Financial pays out 104.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ConnectOne Bancorp pays out 82.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ConnectOne Bancorp has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of KRNY or CNOB?

71.0% of Kearny Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of ConnectOne Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.6% of Kearny Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of ConnectOne Bancorp 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.

Does the media refer more to KRNY or CNOB?

In the previous week, ConnectOne Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Kearny Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ConnectOne Bancorp and 3 mentions for Kearny Financial. Kearny Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat ConnectOne Bancorp's score of 1.59 indicating that Kearny Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kearny Financial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
ConnectOne Bancorp	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts recommend KRNY or CNOB?

Kearny Financial currently has a consensus target price of $7.75, suggesting a potential upside of 15.33%. ConnectOne Bancorp has a consensus target price of $30.25, suggesting a potential upside of 20.37%. Given ConnectOne Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ConnectOne Bancorp is more favorable than Kearny Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kearny Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
ConnectOne Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is KRNY or CNOB more profitable?

Kearny Financial has a net margin of 7.59% compared to ConnectOne Bancorp's net margin of 6.85%. ConnectOne Bancorp's return on equity of 7.12% beat Kearny Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kearny Financial	7.59%	3.49%	0.34%
ConnectOne Bancorp	6.85%	7.12%	0.79%

Summary

ConnectOne Bancorp beats Kearny Financial on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.