TRST vs. FFIC, OSBC, UVSP, CNOB, PFC, FCBC, HBT, CCBG, CFB, and FMBH
Should you be buying TrustCo Bank Corp NY stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TrustCo Bank Corp NY include Flushing Financial (FFIC), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), Univest Financial (UVSP), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Premier Financial (PFC), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), HBT Financial (HBT), Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), and First Mid Bancshares (FMBH). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
TrustCo Bank Corp NY vs.
Flushing Financial (NASDAQ:FFIC) and TrustCo Bank Corp NY (NASDAQ:TRST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.
Flushing Financial has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TrustCo Bank Corp NY has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Flushing Financial received 72 more outperform votes than TrustCo Bank Corp NY when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.07% of users gave TrustCo Bank Corp NY an outperform vote while only 52.94% of users gave Flushing Financial an outperform vote.
Flushing Financial has higher revenue and earnings than TrustCo Bank Corp NY. Flushing Financial 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.
Flushing Financial currently has a consensus price target of $20.50, indicating a potential upside of 71.40%. TrustCo Bank Corp NY has a consensus price target of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.91%. Given Flushing Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Flushing Financial is more favorable than TrustCo Bank Corp NY.
TrustCo Bank Corp NY has a net margin of 34.81% compared to Flushing Financial's net margin of 18.10%. TrustCo Bank Corp NY's return on equity of 12.66% beat Flushing Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, Flushing Financial had 8 more articles in the media than TrustCo Bank Corp NY. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Flushing Financial and 2 mentions for TrustCo Bank Corp NY. TrustCo Bank Corp NY's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Flushing Financial's score of 1.08 indicating that TrustCo Bank Corp NY is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
65.8% of Flushing Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of TrustCo Bank Corp NY shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of Flushing Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.
Flushing Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. TrustCo Bank Corp NY pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Flushing Financial pays out 42.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TrustCo Bank Corp NY pays out 36.3% 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. Flushing Financial has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and TrustCo Bank Corp NY has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Summary
TrustCo Bank Corp NY beats Flushing Financial on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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