Kearny Financial (KRNY) Competitors

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

Is NWBI or KRNY a better dividend stock?

Northwest Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Kearny Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Northwest Bancshares pays out 101.3% 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 -38.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts rate NWBI or KRNY?

Northwest Bancshares presently has a consensus target price of $12.50, indicating a potential downside of 4.18%. Kearny Financial has a consensus target price of $7.75, indicating a potential upside of 6.82%. Given Kearny Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kearny Financial is more favorable than Northwest Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Northwest Bancshares	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
Kearny Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NWBI or KRNY?

Northwest Bancshares received 71 more outperform votes than Kearny Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.20% of users gave Northwest Bancshares an outperform vote while only 55.92% of users gave Kearny Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northwest Bancshares	Outperform Votes 274 57.20%	Underperform Votes 205 42.80%
Kearny Financial	Outperform Votes 203 55.92%	Underperform Votes 160 44.08%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NWBI or KRNY?

66.3% of Northwest Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Kearny Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Northwest Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Kearny Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NWBI or KRNY more profitable?

Northwest Bancshares has a net margin of 13.26% compared to Kearny Financial's net margin of -20.05%. Northwest Bancshares' return on equity of 8.44% beat Kearny Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northwest Bancshares	13.26%	8.44%	0.92%
Kearny Financial	-20.05%	3.27%	0.33%

Which has more volatility & risk, NWBI or KRNY?

Northwest Bancshares has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kearny Financial has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to NWBI or KRNY?

In the previous week, Kearny Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Northwest Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Kearny Financial and 3 mentions for Northwest Bancshares. Kearny Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Northwest Bancshares' score of 0.73 indicating that Kearny Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Northwest Bancshares	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kearny Financial	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, NWBI or KRNY?

Northwest Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Kearny Financial. Kearny Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northwest Bancshares, 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
Northwest Bancshares	$756.21M	2.20	$100.28M	$0.79	16.51
Kearny Financial	$326.88M	1.43	-$86.67M	-$1.13	-6.42

Summary

Northwest Bancshares beats Kearny Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.