CFFN vs. CASH, CLBK, NYCB, WSFS, WAFD, BANC, AGM, NWBI, PFS, and BHLB
Should you be buying Capitol Federal Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capitol Federal Financial include Pathward Financial (CASH), Columbia Financial (CLBK), New York Community Bancorp (NYCB), WSFS Financial (WSFS), WaFd (WAFD), Banc of California (BANC), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Provident Financial Services (PFS), and Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Pathward Financial (NASDAQ:CASH) and Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ:CFFN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and valuation.
Pathward Financial received 83 more outperform votes than Capitol Federal Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.95% of users gave Pathward Financial an outperform vote while only 54.41% of users gave Capitol Federal Financial an outperform vote.
Pathward Financial has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capitol Federal Financial has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pathward Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Capitol Federal Financial. Capitol Federal Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pathward Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pathward Financial has a net margin of 22.90% compared to Pathward Financial's net margin of -33.99%. Capitol Federal Financial's return on equity of 25.09% beat Pathward Financial's return on equity.
Pathward Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Capitol Federal Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Pathward Financial pays out 3.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capitol Federal Financial pays out -36.2% 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. Capitol Federal Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Pathward Financial presently has a consensus price target of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.18%. Capitol Federal Financial has a consensus price target of $5.75, indicating a potential upside of 11.22%. Given Capitol Federal Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Pathward Financial is more favorable than Capitol Federal Financial.
In the previous week, Pathward Financial and Pathward Financial both had 4 articles in the media. Pathward Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Capitol Federal Financial's score of 1.26 indicating that Capitol Federal Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
92.7% of Pathward Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Pathward Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Pathward Financial beats Capitol Federal Financial on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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