KRNY vs. NFBK, WSBF, CFFN, PFC, DCOM, BRKL, OCFC, PFS, HTBI, and FMAO
Should you be buying Kearny Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kearny Financial include Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Premier Financial (PFC), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Provident Financial Services (PFS), HomeTrust Bancshares (HTBI), and Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NASDAQ:NFBK) and Kearny Financial (NASDAQ:KRNY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.
65.5% of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Kearny Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Kearny Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kearny Financial has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) and Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) both had 4 articles in the media. Kearny Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s score of 0.33 indicating that Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) received 19 more outperform votes than Kearny Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.11% of users gave Kearny Financial an outperform vote while only 55.67% of users gave Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) an outperform vote.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) presently has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.97%. Given Kearny Financial's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) is more favorable than Kearny Financial.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) has a net margin of 17.07% compared to Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s net margin of 5.84%. Kearny Financial's return on equity of 5.44% beat Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s return on equity.
Kearny Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY). Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kearny Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Kearny Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) pays out 60.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kearny Financial pays out 151.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) beats Kearny Financial on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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