WMPN vs. ECBK, AFBI, PVBC, BSBK, SRBK, CULL, TCBS, BCOW, BLFY, and TSBK
Should you be buying William Penn Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of William Penn Bancorporation include ECB Bancorp (ECBK), Affinity Bancshares (AFBI), Provident Bancorp (PVBC), Bogota Financial (BSBK), SR Bancorp (SRBK), Cullman Bancorp (CULL), Texas Community Bancshares (TCBS), 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin (BCOW), Blue Foundry Bancorp (BLFY), and Timberland Bancorp (TSBK). These companies are all part of the "savings institutions, except federal" industry.
ECB Bancorp (NASDAQ:ECBK) and William Penn Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WMPN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.
30.3% of ECB Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.2% of William Penn Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of ECB Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of William Penn Bancorporation shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, ECB Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than William Penn Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ECB Bancorp and 2 mentions for William Penn Bancorporation. ECB Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat William Penn Bancorporation's score of 0.27 indicating that William Penn Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ECB Bancorp has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, William Penn Bancorporation has a beta of -0.02, indicating that its stock price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500.
William Penn Bancorporation has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.89%. Given ECB Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe William Penn Bancorporation is more favorable than ECB Bancorp.
ECB Bancorp has a net margin of 7.98% compared to ECB Bancorp's net margin of 2.44%. William Penn Bancorporation's return on equity of 2.71% beat ECB Bancorp's return on equity.
ECB Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than William Penn Bancorporation. ECB Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than William Penn Bancorporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
William Penn Bancorporation received 3 more outperform votes than ECB Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
ECB Bancorp and William Penn Bancorporation tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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