FSBW vs. PCSB, TSBK, ESSA, PBIP, BHLB, NBBK, HFWA, GCBC, SMBC, and HIFS
Should you be buying FS Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FS Bancorp include PCSB Financial (PCSB), Timberland Bancorp (TSBK), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), Prudential Bancorp (PBIP), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), NB Bancorp (NBBK), Heritage Financial (HFWA), Greene County Bancorp (GCBC), Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC), and Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
FS Bancorp (NASDAQ:FSBW) and PCSB Financial (NASDAQ:PCSB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
PCSB Financial has a net margin of 24.60% compared to FS Bancorp's net margin of 18.69%. FS Bancorp's return on equity of 14.17% beat PCSB Financial's return on equity.
63.9% of FS Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of PCSB Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 13.3% of FS Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of PCSB Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
FS Bancorp has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PCSB Financial has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
FS Bancorp received 98 more outperform votes than PCSB Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.86% of users gave FS Bancorp an outperform vote while only 62.62% of users gave PCSB Financial an outperform vote.
FS Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than PCSB Financial. FS Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PCSB Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, FS Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than PCSB Financial. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for FS Bancorp and 0 mentions for PCSB Financial. FS Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat PCSB Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that FS Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FS Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. PCSB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. FS Bancorp pays out 22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PCSB Financial pays out 25.0% 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. FS Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
FS Bancorp beats PCSB Financial on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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