Parke Bancorp (PKBK) Competitors

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

Is AMAL or PKBK a better dividend stock?

Amalgamated Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Parke Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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 raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Do analysts prefer AMAL or PKBK?

Amalgamated Financial presently has a consensus price target of $38.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.42%. Given Amalgamated Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Amalgamated Financial is more favorable than Parke Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amalgamated Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Parke Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is AMAL or PKBK more profitable?

Amalgamated Financial has a net margin of 23.99% compared to Parke Bancorp's net margin of 21.82%. Amalgamated Financial's return on equity of 15.68% beat Parke Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amalgamated Financial	23.99%	15.68%	1.32%
Parke Bancorp	21.82%	9.76%	1.39%

Does the media favor AMAL or PKBK?

In the previous week, Parke Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Amalgamated Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Parke Bancorp and 1 mentions for Amalgamated Financial. Amalgamated Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Parke Bancorp's score of 0.65 indicating that Amalgamated Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Amalgamated Financial	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Parke Bancorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, AMAL or PKBK?

Amalgamated Financial has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parke Bancorp has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AMAL or PKBK?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amalgamated Financial	$434.51M	2.35	$106.43M	$3.37	9.90
Parke Bancorp	$65.32M	3.89	$27.51M	$2.41	8.90

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AMAL or PKBK?

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of Parke Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Amalgamated Financial beats Parke Bancorp on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.