Timberland Bancorp (TSBK) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TRIN or TSBK?

Timberland Bancorp received 216 more outperform votes than Trinity Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.04% of users gave Timberland Bancorp an outperform vote while only 53.85% of users gave Trinity Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Trinity Capital	Outperform Votes 56 53.85%	Underperform Votes 48 46.15%
Timberland Bancorp	Outperform Votes 272 69.04%	Underperform Votes 122 30.96%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of TRIN or TSBK?

24.6% of Trinity Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.5% of Timberland Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Trinity Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Timberland Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TRIN or TSBK more profitable?

Trinity Capital has a net margin of 40.73% compared to Timberland Bancorp's net margin of 22.88%. Trinity Capital's return on equity of 15.90% beat Timberland Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trinity Capital	40.73%	15.90%	7.14%
Timberland Bancorp	22.88%	10.20%	1.30%

Is TRIN or TSBK a better dividend stock?

Trinity Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.0%. Timberland Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Trinity Capital pays out 93.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Timberland Bancorp pays out 32.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trinity Capital has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Timberland Bancorp has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Do analysts recommend TRIN or TSBK?

Trinity Capital presently has a consensus target price of $15.13, indicating a potential upside of 4.17%. Given Trinity Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Trinity Capital is more favorable than Timberland Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Trinity Capital	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Timberland Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to TRIN or TSBK?

In the previous week, Trinity Capital had 7 more articles in the media than Timberland Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Trinity Capital and 1 mentions for Timberland Bancorp. Timberland Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Trinity Capital's score of 1.10 indicating that Timberland Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Trinity Capital	Positive
Timberland Bancorp	Very Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, TRIN or TSBK?

Trinity Capital has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Timberland Bancorp has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and earnings, TRIN or TSBK?

Trinity Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Timberland Bancorp. Trinity Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Timberland Bancorp, 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
Trinity Capital	$190.27M	4.93	$76.89M	$2.19	6.63
Timberland Bancorp	$73.53M	3.32	$24.28M	$3.24	9.53

Summary

Trinity Capital beats Timberland Bancorp on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.