CLST vs. BOTJ, TCBC, ASRV, HFBL, EMCF, BCBP, WNEB, FGBI, BVFL, and CZWI
Should you be buying Catalyst Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Catalyst Bancorp include Bank of the James Financial Group (BOTJ), TC Bancshares (TCBC), AmeriServ Financial (ASRV), Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (HFBL), Emclaire Financial (EMCF), BCB Bancorp (BCBP), Western New England Bancorp (WNEB), First Guaranty Bancshares (FGBI), BV Financial (BVFL), and Citizens Community Bancorp (CZWI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Catalyst Bancorp (NASDAQ:CLST) and Bank of the James Financial Group (NASDAQ:BOTJ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
33.1% of Catalyst Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.5% of Bank of the James Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Catalyst Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of Bank of the James Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Bank of the James Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Catalyst Bancorp. Catalyst Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of the James Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Bank of the James Financial Group had 3 more articles in the media than Catalyst Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Bank of the James Financial Group and 3 mentions for Catalyst Bancorp. Catalyst Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Bank of the James Financial Group's score of 1.05 indicating that Catalyst Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bank of the James Financial Group received 80 more outperform votes than Catalyst Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.50% of users gave Bank of the James Financial Group an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Catalyst Bancorp an outperform vote.
Bank of the James Financial Group has a net margin of 16.45% compared to Catalyst Bancorp's net margin of 5.35%. Bank of the James Financial Group's return on equity of 15.86% beat Catalyst Bancorp's return on equity.
Catalyst Bancorp has a beta of 0.13, suggesting that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of the James Financial Group has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bank of the James Financial Group beats Catalyst Bancorp on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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