Western New England Bancorp (WNEB) Competitors

Old Second Bancorp (NASDAQ:OSBC) and Western New England Bancorp (NASDAQ:WNEB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of OSBC or WNEB?

67.8% of Old Second Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of Western New England Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Old Second Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Western New England Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer OSBC or WNEB?

Old Second Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $20.10, indicating a potential upside of 19.47%. Western New England Bancorp has a consensus target price of $8.50, indicating a potential downside of 7.96%. Given Old Second Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Old Second Bancorp is more favorable than Western New England Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Old Second Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Western New England Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is OSBC or WNEB a better dividend stock?

Old Second Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Western New England Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Old Second Bancorp pays out 13.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western New England Bancorp pays out 52.8% 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. Old Second Bancorp has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has more risk and volatility, OSBC or WNEB?

Old Second Bancorp has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western New England Bancorp has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor OSBC or WNEB?

In the previous week, Old Second Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Western New England Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Old Second Bancorp and 1 mentions for Western New England Bancorp. Western New England Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Old Second Bancorp's score of 1.44 indicating that Western New England Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Old Second Bancorp	Positive
Western New England Bancorp	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OSBC or WNEB?

Old Second Bancorp received 32 more outperform votes than Western New England Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.29% of users gave Old Second Bancorp an outperform vote while only 58.94% of users gave Western New England Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Old Second Bancorp	Outperform Votes 332 59.29%	Underperform Votes 228 40.71%
Western New England Bancorp	Outperform Votes 300 58.94%	Underperform Votes 209 41.06%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, OSBC or WNEB?

Old Second Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Western New England Bancorp. Old Second Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Western New England 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
Old Second Bancorp	$282.62M	2.68	$85.26M	$1.83	9.19
Western New England Bancorp	$72.99M	2.62	$11.67M	$0.53	17.42

Is OSBC or WNEB more profitable?

Old Second Bancorp has a net margin of 24.95% compared to Western New England Bancorp's net margin of 9.51%. Old Second Bancorp's return on equity of 13.73% beat Western New England Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Old Second Bancorp	24.95%	13.73%	1.52%
Western New England Bancorp	9.51%	4.91%	0.45%

Summary

Old Second Bancorp beats Western New England Bancorp on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.