PVBC vs. NBBK, SMBC, HIFS, TCBX, HBCP, GCBC, NECB, FSBW, PBFS, and TSBK
Should you be buying Provident Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Provident Bancorp include NB Bancorp (NBBK), Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), Third Coast Bancshares (TCBX), Home Bancorp (HBCP), Greene County Bancorp (GCBC), Northeast Community Bancorp (NECB), FS Bancorp (FSBW), Pioneer Bancorp (PBFS), and Timberland Bancorp (TSBK). These companies are all part of the "savings institutions, except federal" industry.
Provident Bancorp vs.
NB Bancorp (NASDAQ:NBBK) and Provident Bancorp (NASDAQ:PVBC) 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, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, NB Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Provident Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for NB Bancorp and 1 mentions for Provident Bancorp. NB Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Provident Bancorp's score of 0.88 indicating that NB Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NB Bancorp has a net margin of 13.86% compared to Provident Bancorp's net margin of 7.62%. NB Bancorp's return on equity of 6.04% beat Provident Bancorp's return on equity.
NB Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.14%. Provident Bancorp has a consensus price target of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.62%. Given NB Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NB Bancorp is more favorable than Provident Bancorp.
NB Bancorp has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Provident Bancorp has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.
74.6% of Provident Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of NB Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Provident 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.
NB Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Provident Bancorp. NB Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Provident Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Provident Bancorp received 97 more outperform votes than NB Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave NB Bancorp an outperform vote while only 56.82% of users gave Provident Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
NB Bancorp beats Provident Bancorp on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PVBC) was last updated on 5/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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