TC Bancshares (TCBC) Competitors

Timberland Bancorp (NASDAQ:TSBK) and TC Bancshares (NASDAQ:TCBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and community ranking.

Is TSBK or TCBC more profitable?

Timberland Bancorp has a net margin of 22.88% compared to TC Bancshares' net margin of 0.00%. Timberland Bancorp's return on equity of 10.20% beat TC Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Timberland Bancorp	22.88%	10.20%	1.30%
TC Bancshares	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TSBK or TCBC?

Timberland Bancorp received 271 more outperform votes than TC Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.13% of users gave Timberland Bancorp an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave TC Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Timberland Bancorp	Outperform Votes 271 69.13%	Underperform Votes 121 30.87%
TC Bancshares	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 1 100.00%

Which has more volatility & risk, TSBK or TCBC?

Timberland Bancorp has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TC Bancshares has a beta of 0.14, meaning that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TSBK or TCBC a better dividend stock?

Timberland Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. TC Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Timberland Bancorp pays out 32.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Timberland Bancorp has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Timberland Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TSBK or TCBC?

65.5% of Timberland Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.6% of TC Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Timberland Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of TC Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings & valuation, TSBK or TCBC?

Timberland Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than TC Bancshares.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Timberland Bancorp	$73.53M	3.28	$24.28M	$3.24	9.36
TC Bancshares	$14.76M	4.10	$600K	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to TSBK or TCBC?

In the previous week, Timberland Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than TC Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Timberland Bancorp and 1 mentions for TC Bancshares. Timberland Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat TC Bancshares' score of 0.00 indicating that Timberland Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Timberland Bancorp	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TC Bancshares	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Timberland Bancorp beats TC Bancshares on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.