TCBC vs. TBNK, IROQ, FFBW, CLST, NSTS, CFSB, BYFC, MGYR, FSEA, and ASRV
Should you be buying TC Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TC Bancshares include Territorial Bancorp (TBNK), IF Bancorp (IROQ), FFBW (FFBW), Catalyst Bancorp (CLST), NSTS Bancorp (NSTS), CFSB Bancorp (CFSB), Broadway Financial (BYFC), Magyar Bancorp (MGYR), First Seacoast Bancorp (FSEA), and AmeriServ Financial (ASRV). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Territorial Bancorp (NASDAQ:TBNK) and TC Bancshares (NASDAQ:TCBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
Territorial Bancorp received 206 more outperform votes than TC Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.86% of users gave Territorial Bancorp an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave TC Bancshares an outperform vote.
Territorial Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. TC Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Territorial Bancorp pays out 35.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TC Bancshares pays out 166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Territorial Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Territorial Bancorp has a net margin of 7.03% compared to Territorial Bancorp's net margin of 1.21%. TC Bancshares' return on equity of 2.00% beat Territorial Bancorp's return on equity.
Territorial Bancorp has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TC Bancshares has a beta of 0.05, indicating that its stock price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Territorial Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.16%. Given TC Bancshares' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Territorial Bancorp is more favorable than TC Bancshares.
In the previous week, Territorial Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than TC Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Territorial Bancorp and 0 mentions for TC Bancshares. TC Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Territorial Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Territorial Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
50.4% of Territorial Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.6% of TC Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of Territorial Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of TC Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Territorial Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than TC Bancshares. Territorial Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TC Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Territorial Bancorp beats TC Bancshares on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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