NSTS vs. BCBP, WNEB, BVFL, CZWI, FSFG, FGBI, FNWD, HMNF, SFBC, and FCAP
Should you be buying NSTS Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NSTS Bancorp include BCB Bancorp (BCBP), Western New England Bancorp (WNEB), BV Financial (BVFL), Citizens Community Bancorp (CZWI), First Savings Financial Group (FSFG), First Guaranty Bancshares (FGBI), Finward Bancorp (FNWD), HMN Financial (HMNF), Sound Financial Bancorp (SFBC), and First Capital (FCAP). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
NSTS Bancorp (NASDAQ:NSTS) and BCB Bancorp (NASDAQ:BCBP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and community ranking.
BCB Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than NSTS Bancorp. NSTS Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BCB Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, BCB Bancorp had 17 more articles in the media than NSTS Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for BCB Bancorp and 1 mentions for NSTS Bancorp. NSTS Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat BCB Bancorp's score of 0.61 indicating that NSTS Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
23.7% of NSTS Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.0% of BCB Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of NSTS Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of BCB Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
BCB Bancorp has a consensus price target of $13.25, suggesting a potential upside of 6.51%. Given BCB Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BCB Bancorp is more favorable than NSTS Bancorp.
BCB Bancorp received 141 more outperform votes than NSTS Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users.
NSTS Bancorp has a beta of 0.08, indicating that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BCB Bancorp has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BCB Bancorp has a net margin of 10.67% compared to NSTS Bancorp's net margin of -59.99%. BCB Bancorp's return on equity of 7.45% beat NSTS Bancorp's return on equity.
Summary
BCB Bancorp beats NSTS Bancorp on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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