Western New England Bancorp - WNEB Competitors

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

Is CVLY or WNEB more profitable?

Western New England Bancorp has a net margin of 24.85% compared to Codorus Valley Bancorp's net margin of 14.06%. Western New England Bancorp's return on equity of 10.55% beat Codorus Valley Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Codorus Valley Bancorp	14.06%	6.63%	0.53%
Western New England Bancorp	24.85%	10.55%	0.91%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CVLY or WNEB?

Western New England Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Codorus Valley Bancorp. Western New England Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Codorus Valley 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
Codorus Valley Bancorp	$88.06 million	2.02	$14.66 million	$1.29	14.47
Western New England Bancorp	$92.41 million	2.03	$23.70 million	$1.04	8.09

Which has more volatility & risk, CVLY or WNEB?

Codorus Valley Bancorp has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western New England Bancorp has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CVLY or WNEB a better dividend stock?

Codorus Valley Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Western New England Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Codorus Valley Bancorp pays out 46.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western New England Bancorp pays out 23.1% 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. Codorus Valley Bancorp has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Western New England Bancorp has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CVLY or WNEB?

Western New England Bancorp received 151 more outperform votes than Codorus Valley Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.95% of users gave Codorus Valley Bancorp an outperform vote while only 60.21% of users gave Western New England Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Codorus Valley Bancorp	Outperform Votes 141 62.95%	Underperform Votes 83 37.05%
Western New England Bancorp	Outperform Votes 292 60.21%	Underperform Votes 193 39.79%

Do analysts rate CVLY or WNEB?

Western New England Bancorp has a consensus price target of $10.75, indicating a potential upside of 27.82%. Given Western New England Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Western New England Bancorp is more favorable than Codorus Valley Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Codorus Valley Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Western New England Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer CVLY or WNEB?

In the previous week, Codorus Valley Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than Western New England Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Codorus Valley Bancorp and 0 mentions for Western New England Bancorp. Western New England Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Codorus Valley Bancorp's score of 1.23 indicating that Western New England Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Codorus Valley Bancorp	Positive
Western New England Bancorp	Very Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CVLY or WNEB?

53.4% of Codorus Valley Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.7% of Western New England Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Codorus Valley Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Western New England Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Western New England Bancorp beats Codorus Valley Bancorp on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.