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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.

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 12.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western New England Bancorp pays out 50.0% 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.

Do analysts prefer OSBC or WNEB?

Old Second Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $20.90, suggesting a potential upside of 23.60%. Western New England Bancorp has a consensus target price of $8.50, suggesting a potential downside of 10.05%. Given Old Second Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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

Which has more risk & volatility, OSBC or WNEB?

Old Second Bancorp has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western New England Bancorp has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	$279.90M	2.72	$85.26M	$1.87	9.04
Western New England Bancorp	$72.73M	2.70	$11.67M	$0.56	16.88

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in 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 insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Western New England Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OSBC or WNEB?

Old Second Bancorp received 30 more outperform votes than Western New England Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.14% 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 330 59.14%	Underperform Votes 228 40.86%
Western New England Bancorp	Outperform Votes 300 58.94%	Underperform Votes 209 41.06%

Does the media refer more to OSBC or WNEB?

In the previous week, Western New England Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Old Second Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Western New England Bancorp and 2 mentions for Old Second Bancorp. Old Second Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Western New England Bancorp's score of 0.93 indicating that Old Second Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Old Second Bancorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Western New England Bancorp	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Old Second Bancorp beats Western New England Bancorp on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.