Northeast Community Bancorp (NECB) Competitors

Origin Bancorp (NYSE:OBK) and Northeast Community Bancorp (NASDAQ:NECB) are both small-cap banking companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has better earnings and valuation, OBK or NECB?

Origin Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Northeast Community Bancorp. Northeast Community Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Origin 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
Origin Bancorp	$619.96M	1.70	$76.49M	$2.24	15.08
Northeast Community Bancorp	$162.80M	1.75	$47.07M	$3.35	6.07

Do analysts rate OBK or NECB?

Origin Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $43.20, indicating a potential upside of 27.93%. Given Origin Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Origin Bancorp is more favorable than Northeast Community Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Origin Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Northeast Community Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Is OBK or NECB a better dividend stock?

Origin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Northeast Community Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Origin Bancorp pays out 26.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northeast Community Bancorp pays out 23.9% 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. Northeast Community Bancorp has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Northeast Community Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is OBK or NECB more profitable?

Northeast Community Bancorp has a net margin of 28.09% compared to Origin Bancorp's net margin of 11.98%. Northeast Community Bancorp's return on equity of 14.04% beat Origin Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Origin Bancorp	11.98%	5.98%	0.72%
Northeast Community Bancorp	28.09%	14.04%	2.30%

Which has more volatility and risk, OBK or NECB?

Origin Bancorp has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northeast Community Bancorp has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in OBK or NECB?

54.7% of Origin Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.3% of Northeast Community Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of Origin Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Northeast Community Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor OBK or NECB?

In the previous week, Origin Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than Northeast Community Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Origin Bancorp and 3 mentions for Northeast Community Bancorp. Northeast Community Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Origin Bancorp's score of -0.03 indicating that Northeast Community Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Origin Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Northeast Community Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Northeast Community Bancorp beats Origin Bancorp on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.