TSBK vs. ESSA, PBIP, PCSB, NBBK, HFWA, GCBC, SMBC, HIFS, HBCP, and TCBX
Should you be buying Timberland Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Timberland Bancorp include ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), Prudential Bancorp (PBIP), PCSB Financial (PCSB), NB Bancorp (NBBK), Heritage Financial (HFWA), Greene County Bancorp (GCBC), Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), Home Bancorp (HBCP), and Third Coast Bancshares (TCBX). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Timberland Bancorp (NASDAQ:TSBK) and ESSA Bancorp (NASDAQ:ESSA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
Timberland Bancorp has a net margin of 25.38% compared to ESSA Bancorp's net margin of 16.84%. Timberland Bancorp's return on equity of 10.64% beat ESSA Bancorp's return on equity.
Timberland Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than ESSA Bancorp. Timberland Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ESSA Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Timberland Bancorp received 123 more outperform votes than ESSA Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.23% of users gave Timberland Bancorp an outperform vote while only 58.57% of users gave ESSA Bancorp an outperform vote.
65.5% of Timberland Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.2% of ESSA Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Timberland Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of ESSA Bancorp shares are owned by company 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.
Timberland Bancorp has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ESSA Bancorp has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Timberland Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled ESSA Bancorp'saverage media sentiment score.
Timberland Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. ESSA Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Timberland Bancorp pays out 31.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ESSA Bancorp pays out 32.4% 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. Timberland Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Timberland Bancorp beats ESSA Bancorp on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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