SBT vs. NRIM, WSBF, FMAO, CVLY, PDLB, BCBP, KRNY, NFBK, BVFL, and FNWD
Should you be buying Sterling Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sterling Bancorp include Northrim BanCorp (NRIM), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO), Codorus Valley Bancorp (CVLY), Ponce Financial Group (PDLB), BCB Bancorp (BCBP), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), BV Financial (BVFL), and Finward Bancorp (FNWD). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
Sterling Bancorp (NASDAQ:SBT) and Northrim BanCorp (NASDAQ:NRIM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Sterling Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Northrim BanCorp. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Sterling Bancorp and 0 mentions for Northrim BanCorp. Sterling Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Northrim BanCorp'saverage media sentiment score.
Northrim BanCorp received 38 more outperform votes than Sterling Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.57% of users gave Sterling Bancorp an outperform vote while only 58.21% of users gave Northrim BanCorp an outperform vote.
Northrim BanCorp has a net margin of 16.04% compared to Sterling Bancorp's net margin of 5.72%. Northrim BanCorp's return on equity of 11.22% beat Sterling Bancorp's return on equity.
Northrim BanCorp has higher revenue and earnings than Sterling Bancorp. Northrim BanCorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sterling Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sterling Bancorp has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northrim BanCorp has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
26.4% of Sterling Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.0% of Northrim BanCorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Sterling Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Northrim BanCorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Northrim BanCorp beats Sterling Bancorp on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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