WNEB vs. BFIN, FSFG, FCAP, HTBI, NFBK, KRNY, NRIM, FMAO, SBT, and WSBF
Should you be buying Western New England Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western New England Bancorp include BankFinancial (BFIN), First Savings Financial Group (FSFG), First Capital (FCAP), HomeTrust Bancshares (HTBI), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Northrim BanCorp (NRIM), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO), Sterling Bancorp (SBT), and Waterstone Financial (WSBF). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
BankFinancial (NASDAQ:BFIN) and Western New England Bancorp (NASDAQ:WNEB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Western New England Bancorp received 76 more outperform votes than BankFinancial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.28% of users gave Western New England Bancorp an outperform vote while only 53.00% of users gave BankFinancial an outperform vote.
Western New England Bancorp has a consensus target price of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.77%. Given BankFinancial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Western New England Bancorp is more favorable than BankFinancial.
BankFinancial pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Western New England Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. BankFinancial pays out 58.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western New England Bancorp pays out 46.7% 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. Western New England Bancorp has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Western New England Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
BankFinancial has a net margin of 11.62% compared to BankFinancial's net margin of 11.10%. Western New England Bancorp's return on equity of 5.49% beat BankFinancial's return on equity.
BankFinancial has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western New England Bancorp has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Western New England Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than BankFinancial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Western New England Bancorp and 2 mentions for BankFinancial. BankFinancial's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Western New England Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Western New England Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
74.9% of BankFinancial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.0% of Western New England Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.5% of BankFinancial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Western New England Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Western New England Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than BankFinancial. Western New England Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BankFinancial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Western New England Bancorp beats BankFinancial on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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