CVLY vs. BCBP, WNEB, BFIN, FSFG, BRKL, CFFN, HTBI, NFBK, KRNY, and NRIM
Should you be buying Codorus Valley Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Codorus Valley Bancorp include BCB Bancorp (BCBP), Western New England Bancorp (WNEB), BankFinancial (BFIN), First Savings Financial Group (FSFG), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), HomeTrust Bancshares (HTBI), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Kearny Financial (KRNY), and Northrim BanCorp (NRIM). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
BCB Bancorp (NASDAQ:BCBP) and Codorus Valley Bancorp (NASDAQ:CVLY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
BCB Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Codorus Valley Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. BCB Bancorp pays out 41.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Codorus Valley Bancorp pays out 29.4% 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. Codorus Valley Bancorp has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
In the previous week, BCB Bancorp had 7 more articles in the media than Codorus Valley Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for BCB Bancorp and 5 mentions for Codorus Valley Bancorp. Codorus Valley Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat BCB Bancorp's score of 0.69 indicating that BCB Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
36.0% of BCB Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.1% of Codorus Valley Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.9% of BCB Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Codorus Valley Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
BCB Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $12.75, suggesting a potential upside of 27.50%. Codorus Valley Bancorp has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Codorus Valley Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe BCB Bancorp is more favorable than Codorus Valley Bancorp.
Codorus Valley Bancorp received 3 more outperform votes than BCB Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.49% of users gave BCB Bancorp an outperform vote while only 56.47% of users gave Codorus Valley Bancorp an outperform vote.
Codorus Valley Bancorp has a net margin of 16.66% compared to Codorus Valley Bancorp's net margin of 13.41%. BCB Bancorp's return on equity of 12.01% beat Codorus Valley Bancorp's return on equity.
BCB Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Codorus Valley Bancorp. BCB Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Codorus Valley Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BCB Bancorp has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Codorus Valley Bancorp has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Codorus Valley Bancorp beats BCB Bancorp on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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