PVBC vs. ECBK, WMPN, AFBI, BSBK, SRBK, BLFY, CULL, TSBK, NECB, and TCBS
Should you be buying Provident Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Provident Bancorp include ECB Bancorp (ECBK), William Penn Bancorporation (WMPN), Affinity Bancshares (AFBI), Bogota Financial (BSBK), SR Bancorp (SRBK), Blue Foundry Bancorp (BLFY), Cullman Bancorp (CULL), Timberland Bancorp (TSBK), Northeast Community Bancorp (NECB), and Texas Community Bancshares (TCBS). These companies are all part of the "savings institutions, except federal" industry.
ECB Bancorp (NASDAQ:ECBK) and Provident Bancorp (NASDAQ:PVBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Provident Bancorp received 100 more outperform votes than ECB Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users.
ECB Bancorp has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Provident Bancorp has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Provident Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than ECB Bancorp. Provident Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ECB Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, ECB Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than Provident Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for ECB Bancorp and 2 mentions for Provident Bancorp. ECB Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Provident Bancorp's score of 0.25 indicating that Provident Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Provident Bancorp has a net margin of 11.25% compared to Provident Bancorp's net margin of 7.98%. ECB Bancorp's return on equity of 5.06% beat Provident Bancorp's return on equity.
30.3% of ECB Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.6% of Provident Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of ECB Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Provident Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Provident Bancorp beats ECB Bancorp on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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