PKBK vs. AMAL, CNOB, FMBH, BHRB, CNCK, GHLD, CFB, ESQ, HBT, and OSBC
Should you be buying Parke Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Parke Bancorp include Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Burke & Herbert Financial Services (BHRB), Coincheck Group (CNCK), Guild (GHLD), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), Esquire Financial (ESQ), HBT Financial (HBT), and Old Second Bancorp (OSBC). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Parke Bancorp vs.
Amalgamated Financial (NASDAQ:AMAL) and Parke Bancorp (NASDAQ:PKBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Amalgamated Financial has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parke Bancorp has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Parke Bancorp received 45 more outperform votes than Amalgamated Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.70% of users gave Parke Bancorp an outperform vote while only 56.63% of users gave Amalgamated Financial an outperform vote.
Amalgamated Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Parke Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Amalgamated Financial pays out 16.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Parke Bancorp pays out 29.9% 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. Amalgamated Financial has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Amalgamated Financial presently has a consensus price target of $36.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.30%. Given Amalgamated Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Amalgamated Financial is more favorable than Parke Bancorp.
Amalgamated Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Parke Bancorp. Parke Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amalgamated Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Amalgamated Financial has a net margin of 24.50% compared to Parke Bancorp's net margin of 21.25%. Amalgamated Financial's return on equity of 16.49% beat Parke Bancorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, Amalgamated Financial had 5 more articles in the media than Parke Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Amalgamated Financial and 0 mentions for Parke Bancorp. Amalgamated Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Parke Bancorp's score of 1.11 indicating that Amalgamated Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
75.9% of Amalgamated Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.7% of Parke Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Amalgamated Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of Parke Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Amalgamated Financial beats Parke Bancorp on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PKBK) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff