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 community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Which has more volatility and risk, ECBK or PBBK?

ECB Bancorp has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PB Bankshares has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

30.3% of ECB Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.0% of PB Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of ECB Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of PB Bankshares shares are owned by 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.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, 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	5.47	$3.99M	$0.56	29.03
PB Bankshares	$20.62M	1.95	$1.92M	$0.64	24.58

Does the media prefer ECBK or PBBK?

In the previous week, ECB Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than PB Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ECB Bancorp and 3 mentions for PB Bankshares. ECB Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat PB Bankshares' score of 0.00 indicating that ECB Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ECB Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PB Bankshares	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	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%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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

Summary

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