WNEB vs. BCBP, BFIN, FSFG, CVLY, PDLB, TRIN, IBCP, CCB, BFST, and HKD
Should you be buying Western New England Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western New England Bancorp include BCB Bancorp (BCBP), BankFinancial (BFIN), First Savings Financial Group (FSFG), Codorus Valley Bancorp (CVLY), Ponce Financial Group (PDLB), Trinity Capital (TRIN), Independent Bank (IBCP), Coastal Financial (CCB), Business First Bancshares (BFST), and AMTD Digital (HKD).
Western New England Bancorp (NASDAQ:WNEB) and BCB Bancorp (NASDAQ:BCBP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
BCB Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Western New England Bancorp. BCB 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.
Western New England Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. BCB Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Western New England Bancorp pays out 46.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BCB Bancorp pays out 41.0% 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. BCB Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Western New England Bancorp received 156 more outperform votes than BCB Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.24% of users gave BCB Bancorp an outperform vote while only 58.70% of users gave Western New England Bancorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Western New England Bancorp had 6 more articles in the media than BCB Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Western New England Bancorp and 18 mentions for BCB Bancorp. BCB Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Western New England Bancorp's score of 0.50 indicating that BCB Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Western New England Bancorp has a net margin of 11.33% compared to BCB Bancorp's net margin of 10.67%. BCB Bancorp's return on equity of 7.45% beat Western New England Bancorp's return on equity.
Western New England Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.44%. BCB Bancorp has a consensus price target of $13.25, indicating a potential upside of 4.50%. Given BCB Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BCB Bancorp is more favorable than Western New England Bancorp.
68.0% of Western New England Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.0% of BCB Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of Western New England Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of BCB Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Western New England Bancorp has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BCB Bancorp has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
BCB Bancorp beats Western New England Bancorp on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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