NECB vs. TSBK, BLFY, FSBW, TCBX, HBCP, PVBC, ECBK, WMPN, AFBI, and BSBK
Should you be buying Northeast Community Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northeast Community Bancorp include Timberland Bancorp (TSBK), Blue Foundry Bancorp (BLFY), FS Bancorp (FSBW), Third Coast Bancshares (TCBX), Home Bancorp (HBCP), Provident Bancorp (PVBC), ECB Bancorp (ECBK), William Penn Bancorporation (WMPN), Affinity Bancshares (AFBI), and Bogota Financial (BSBK). These companies are all part of the "savings institutions, except federal" industry.
Northeast Community Bancorp (NASDAQ:NECB) and Timberland Bancorp (NASDAQ:TSBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Northeast Community Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Timberland Bancorp. Northeast Community Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Timberland Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Northeast Community Bancorp has a net margin of 33.97% compared to Timberland Bancorp's net margin of 27.40%. Northeast Community Bancorp's return on equity of 17.08% beat Timberland Bancorp's return on equity.
53.3% of Northeast Community Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.5% of Timberland Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Northeast Community Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Timberland Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Northeast Community Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Timberland Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Northeast Community Bancorp pays out 12.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Timberland Bancorp pays out 30.5% 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 currently has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.91%. Given Northeast Community Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Northeast Community Bancorp is more favorable than Timberland Bancorp.
Northeast Community Bancorp has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Timberland Bancorp has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Timberland Bancorp received 187 more outperform votes than Northeast Community Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.23% of users gave Timberland Bancorp an outperform vote while only 63.36% of users gave Northeast Community Bancorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Timberland Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Northeast Community Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Timberland Bancorp and 2 mentions for Northeast Community Bancorp. Northeast Community Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat Timberland Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Northeast Community Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Northeast Community Bancorp and Timberland Bancorp tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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