HFBL vs. KFFB, BYFC, MGYR, FGBI, BVFL, CZWI, FSFG, FNWD, SFBC, and FCAP
Should you be buying Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana include Kentucky First Federal Bancorp (KFFB), Broadway Financial (BYFC), Magyar Bancorp (MGYR), First Guaranty Bancshares (FGBI), BV Financial (BVFL), Citizens Community Bancorp (CZWI), First Savings Financial Group (FSFG), Finward Bancorp (FNWD), Sound Financial Bancorp (SFBC), and First Capital (FCAP). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (NASDAQ:HFBL) and Kentucky First Federal Bancorp (NASDAQ:KFFB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kentucky First Federal Bancorp has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Kentucky First Federal Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana pays out 36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kentucky First Federal Bancorp pays out -500.0% 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. Kentucky First Federal Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana has higher revenue and earnings than Kentucky First Federal Bancorp. Kentucky First Federal Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana had 1 more articles in the media than Kentucky First Federal Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana and 4 mentions for Kentucky First Federal Bancorp. Kentucky First Federal Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana's score of 0.56 indicating that Kentucky First Federal Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana received 19 more outperform votes than Kentucky First Federal Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.31% of users gave Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Kentucky First Federal Bancorp an outperform vote.
21.1% of Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.2% of Kentucky First Federal Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.8% of Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Kentucky First Federal 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.
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana has a net margin of 12.62% compared to Kentucky First Federal Bancorp's net margin of -3.85%. Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana's return on equity of 8.17% beat Kentucky First Federal Bancorp's return on equity.
Summary
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana beats Kentucky First Federal Bancorp on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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