Northeast Community Bancorp (NECB) Competitors

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

Is NECB or VBTX a better dividend stock?

Northeast Community Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Veritex pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Northeast Community Bancorp pays out 22.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Veritex pays out 43.1% 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.

Does the media prefer NECB or VBTX?

In the previous week, Veritex had 13 more articles in the media than Northeast Community Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Veritex and 4 mentions for Northeast Community Bancorp. Northeast Community Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Veritex's score of 0.92 indicating that Northeast Community Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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)	Very Positive
Veritex	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NECB or VBTX?

Veritex received 158 more outperform votes than Northeast Community Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.36% of users gave Northeast Community Bancorp an outperform vote while only 51.28% of users gave Veritex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northeast Community Bancorp	Outperform Votes 83 63.36%	Underperform Votes 48 36.64%
Veritex	Outperform Votes 241 51.28%	Underperform Votes 229 48.72%

Do analysts rate NECB or VBTX?

Veritex has a consensus target price of $30.25, indicating a potential upside of 28.53%. Given Veritex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Veritex is more favorable than Northeast Community Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Northeast Community Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Veritex	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do insiders and institutionals believe in NECB or VBTX?

53.3% of Northeast Community Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of Veritex shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Northeast Community Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Veritex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, NECB or VBTX?

Northeast Community Bancorp has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veritex has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NECB or VBTX more profitable?

Northeast Community Bancorp has a net margin of 29.36% compared to Veritex's net margin of 13.44%. Northeast Community Bancorp's return on equity of 15.96% beat Veritex's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northeast Community Bancorp	29.36%	15.96%	2.49%
Veritex	13.44%	7.59%	0.93%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, NECB or VBTX?

Veritex has higher revenue and earnings than Northeast Community Bancorp. Northeast Community Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Veritex, 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
Northeast Community Bancorp	$102.58M	3.12	$47.79M	$3.50	6.52
Veritex	$435.91M	2.94	$107.24M	$2.04	11.54

Summary

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