Northeast Community Bancorp (NECB) Competitors

Coastal Financial (NASDAQ:CCB) and Northeast Community Bancorp (NASDAQ:NECB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Which has more risk & volatility, CCB or NECB?

Coastal Financial has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northeast Community Bancorp has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CCB or NECB?

In the previous week, Coastal Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Northeast Community Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Coastal Financial and 2 mentions for Northeast Community Bancorp. Northeast Community Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Coastal Financial's score of 1.16 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
Coastal Financial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Northeast Community Bancorp	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CCB or NECB?

Northeast Community Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Coastal Financial. Northeast Community Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coastal Financial, 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
Coastal Financial	$436.55M	3.04	$45.22M	$3.38	26.16
Northeast Community Bancorp	$102.58M	3.16	$47.79M	$3.50	6.60

Do analysts prefer CCB or NECB?

Coastal Financial currently has a consensus target price of $105.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.76%. Given Coastal Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Coastal Financial is more favorable than Northeast Community Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coastal Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
Northeast Community Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is CCB or NECB more profitable?

Northeast Community Bancorp has a net margin of 29.36% compared to Coastal Financial's net margin of 6.43%. Northeast Community Bancorp's return on equity of 15.96% beat Coastal Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coastal Financial	6.43%	14.98%	1.20%
Northeast Community Bancorp	29.36%	15.96%	2.49%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CCB or NECB?

Northeast Community Bancorp received 60 more outperform votes than Coastal Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.19% of users gave Coastal Financial an outperform vote while only 63.36% of users gave Northeast Community Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coastal Financial	Outperform Votes 23 74.19%	Underperform Votes 8 25.81%
Northeast Community Bancorp	Outperform Votes 83 63.36%	Underperform Votes 48 36.64%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CCB or NECB?

59.2% of Coastal Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.3% of Northeast Community Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.8% of Coastal Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Northeast Community Bancorp shares are owned 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.

Summary

Coastal Financial beats Northeast Community Bancorp on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.