PB Bankshares (PBBK) Competitors

ECB Bancorp (NASDAQ:ECBK) and PB Bankshares (NASDAQ:PBBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, profitability and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, ECBK or PBBK?

ECB Bancorp has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PB Bankshares has a beta of 0.12, indicating that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ECBK or PBBK?

ECB Bancorp and PB Bankshares both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ECB Bancorp	N/A	N/A
PB Bankshares	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ECBK or PBBK?

30.3% of ECB Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.0% of PB Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 9.0% of ECB Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of PB Bankshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ECBK or PBBK?

ECB Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than PB Bankshares. PB Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ECB 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
ECB Bancorp	$26.92M	5.40	$3.99M	$0.56	28.77
PB Bankshares	$20.62M	1.98	$1.92M	$0.64	25.06

Does the media favor ECBK or PBBK?

In the previous week, ECB Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than PB Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ECB Bancorp and 2 mentions for PB Bankshares. ECB Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat PB Bankshares' score of 0.00 indicating that ECB Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
ECB Bancorp	Positive
PB Bankshares	Neutral

Is ECBK or PBBK more profitable?

PB Bankshares has a net margin of 6.33% compared to ECB Bancorp's net margin of 5.85%. PB Bankshares' return on equity of 3.19% beat ECB Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ECB Bancorp	5.85%	2.40%	0.30%
PB Bankshares	6.33%	3.19%	0.33%

Summary

ECB Bancorp beats PB Bankshares on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.