BHLB vs. TFSL, WD, SMPL, WSFS, NYCB, WAFD, PFS, BANC, AGM, and NWBI
Should you be buying Berkshire Hills Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Berkshire Hills Bancorp include TFS Financial (TFSL), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), New York Community Bancorp (NYCB), WaFd (WAFD), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Banc of California (BANC), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), and Northwest Bancshares (NWBI). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
TFS Financial (NASDAQ:TFSL) and Berkshire Hills Bancorp (NYSE:BHLB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.
9.8% of TFS Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Berkshire Hills Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of TFS Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Berkshire Hills Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
TFS Financial has a net margin of 11.08% compared to TFS Financial's net margin of 3.37%. TFS Financial's return on equity of 8.61% beat Berkshire Hills Bancorp's return on equity.
TFS Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Berkshire Hills Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. TFS Financial pays out 418.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Berkshire Hills Bancorp pays out 144.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
TFS Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Berkshire Hills Bancorp. TFS Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Berkshire Hills Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TFS Financial has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berkshire Hills Bancorp has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TFS Financial presently has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.43%. Berkshire Hills Bancorp has a consensus price target of $26.80, indicating a potential downside of 4.42%. Given Berkshire Hills Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe TFS Financial is more favorable than Berkshire Hills Bancorp.
In the previous week, Berkshire Hills Bancorp had 10 more articles in the media than TFS Financial. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Berkshire Hills Bancorp and 3 mentions for TFS Financial. Berkshire Hills Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat TFS Financial's score of 0.27 indicating that TFS Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TFS Financial received 30 more outperform votes than Berkshire Hills Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.49% of users gave TFS Financial an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Berkshire Hills Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
TFS Financial and Berkshire Hills Bancorp tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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