KRNY vs. DCOM, BHLB, OCFC, BRKL, CFFN, TRST, NFBK, TREE, FFIC, and HBCP
Should you be buying Kearny Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kearny Financial include Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Northfield Bancorp (NFBK), LendingTree (TREE), Flushing Financial (FFIC), and Home Bancorp (HBCP). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Kearny Financial vs. Its Competitors
Dime Community Bancshares (NASDAQ:DCOM) and Kearny Financial (NASDAQ:KRNY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Dime Community Bancshares has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kearny Financial has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Dime Community Bancshares had 8 more articles in the media than Kearny Financial. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Dime Community Bancshares and 2 mentions for Kearny Financial. Kearny Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Dime Community Bancshares' score of 0.59 indicating that Kearny Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dime Community Bancshares currently has a consensus target price of $36.88, indicating a potential upside of 36.88%. Kearny Financial has a consensus target price of $7.75, indicating a potential upside of 19.97%. Given Dime Community Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Dime Community Bancshares is more favorable than Kearny Financial.
Dime Community Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Kearny Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Dime Community Bancshares pays out 158.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kearny Financial pays out -38.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dime Community Bancshares has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Kearny Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Dime Community Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Kearny Financial. Kearny Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dime Community Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
75.3% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Kearny Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Kearny Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Dime Community Bancshares has a net margin of 5.08% compared to Kearny Financial's net margin of -20.40%. Dime Community Bancshares' return on equity of 6.05% beat Kearny Financial's return on equity.
Summary
Dime Community Bancshares beats Kearny Financial on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:KRNY) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
