TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST) Competitors

WaFd (NASDAQ:WAFD) and TrustCo Bank Corp NY (NASDAQ:TRST) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and earnings.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, WAFD or TRST?

WaFd has higher revenue and earnings than TrustCo Bank Corp NY. WaFd is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TrustCo Bank Corp NY, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
WaFd	$734.08M	3.18	$200.04M	$2.65	10.79
TrustCo Bank Corp NY	$175.70M	3.35	$48.83M	$2.68	11.53

Is WAFD or TRST a better dividend stock?

WaFd pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. TrustCo Bank Corp NY pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. WaFd pays out 40.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TrustCo Bank Corp NY pays out 53.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do analysts recommend WAFD or TRST?

WaFd presently has a consensus target price of $30.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.64%. Given WaFd's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe WaFd is more favorable than TrustCo Bank Corp NY.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WaFd	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
TrustCo Bank Corp NY	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk and volatility, WAFD or TRST?

WaFd has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TrustCo Bank Corp NY has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WAFD or TRST more profitable?

TrustCo Bank Corp NY has a net margin of 18.56% compared to WaFd's net margin of 12.66%. WaFd's return on equity of 8.78% beat TrustCo Bank Corp NY's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WaFd	12.66%	8.78%	0.82%
TrustCo Bank Corp NY	18.56%	7.37%	0.79%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in WAFD or TRST?

83.7% of WaFd shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.6% of TrustCo Bank Corp NY shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of WaFd shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of TrustCo Bank Corp NY shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer WAFD or TRST?

In the previous week, WaFd had 5 more articles in the media than TrustCo Bank Corp NY. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for WaFd and 3 mentions for TrustCo Bank Corp NY. TrustCo Bank Corp NY's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat WaFd's score of 1.19 indicating that TrustCo Bank Corp NY is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
WaFd	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TrustCo Bank Corp NY	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WAFD or TRST?

WaFd received 45 more outperform votes than TrustCo Bank Corp NY when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.44% of users gave TrustCo Bank Corp NY an outperform vote while only 47.68% of users gave WaFd an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
WaFd	Outperform Votes 216 47.68%	Underperform Votes 237 52.32%
TrustCo Bank Corp NY	Outperform Votes 171 53.44%	Underperform Votes 149 46.56%

Summary

WaFd beats TrustCo Bank Corp NY on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.