WMPN vs. HBCP, TCBX, FSBW, NECB, BLFY, TSBK, PVBC, ESSA, AFBI, and ECBK
Should you be buying William Penn Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of William Penn Bancorporation include Home Bancorp (HBCP), Third Coast Bancshares (TCBX), FS Bancorp (FSBW), Northeast Community Bancorp (NECB), Blue Foundry Bancorp (BLFY), Timberland Bancorp (TSBK), Provident Bancorp (PVBC), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), Affinity Bancshares (AFBI), and ECB Bancorp (ECBK). These companies are all part of the "savings institutions, except federal" industry.
Home Bancorp (NASDAQ:HBCP) and William Penn Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WMPN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.
Home Bancorp has a net margin of 19.16% compared to Home Bancorp's net margin of 0.48%. William Penn Bancorporation's return on equity of 10.08% beat Home Bancorp's return on equity.
Home Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $45.75, suggesting a potential upside of 0.75%. William Penn Bancorporation has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.65%. Given Home Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe William Penn Bancorporation is more favorable than Home Bancorp.
Home Bancorp received 246 more outperform votes than William Penn Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave William Penn Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 58.04% of users gave Home Bancorp an outperform vote.
Home Bancorp has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, William Penn Bancorporation has a beta of -0.04, meaning that its stock price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Home Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than William Penn Bancorporation. Home 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.
In the previous week, Home Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than William Penn Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Home Bancorp and 6 mentions for William Penn Bancorporation. Home Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat William Penn Bancorporation's score of 0.42 indicating that William Penn Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
49.4% of Home Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.2% of William Penn Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of Home Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of William Penn Bancorporation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Home Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. William Penn Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Home Bancorp pays out 21.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. William Penn Bancorporation pays out 133.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Home Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Home Bancorp beats William Penn Bancorporation on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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