Parke Bancorp (PKBK) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, PKBK or CNOB?

Parke Bancorp has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ConnectOne Bancorp has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PKBK or CNOB?

ConnectOne Bancorp received 125 more outperform votes than Parke Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.17% of users gave Parke Bancorp an outperform vote while only 58.02% of users gave ConnectOne Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Parke Bancorp	Outperform Votes 139 60.17%	Underperform Votes 92 39.83%
ConnectOne Bancorp	Outperform Votes 264 58.02%	Underperform Votes 191 41.98%

Does the media favor PKBK or CNOB?

In the previous week, Parke Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than ConnectOne Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Parke Bancorp and 3 mentions for ConnectOne Bancorp. ConnectOne Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Parke Bancorp's score of 0.78 indicating that ConnectOne Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Parke Bancorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ConnectOne Bancorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PKBK or CNOB more profitable?

Parke Bancorp has a net margin of 21.25% compared to ConnectOne Bancorp's net margin of 13.80%. Parke Bancorp's return on equity of 9.41% beat ConnectOne Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Parke Bancorp	21.25%	9.41%	1.35%
ConnectOne Bancorp	13.80%	6.77%	0.78%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PKBK or CNOB?

49.7% of Parke Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of ConnectOne Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of Parke Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of ConnectOne Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate PKBK or CNOB?

ConnectOne Bancorp has a consensus target price of $28.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.88%. Given ConnectOne Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ConnectOne Bancorp is more favorable than Parke Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Parke Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
ConnectOne Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PKBK or CNOB?

ConnectOne Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Parke Bancorp. Parke Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ConnectOne 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
Parke Bancorp	$65.32M	3.52	$27.51M	$2.41	8.06
ConnectOne Bancorp	$270.12M	3.22	$73.79M	$1.85	12.24

Is PKBK or CNOB a better dividend stock?

Parke Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. ConnectOne Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Parke Bancorp pays out 29.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ConnectOne Bancorp pays out 38.9% 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. ConnectOne Bancorp has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Parke Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

ConnectOne Bancorp beats Parke Bancorp on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.