KRNY vs. WSBF, PFC, NWBI, PFS, BHLB, OCFC, BRKL, DCOM, CFFN, and TREE
Should you be buying Kearny Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kearny Financial include Waterstone Financial (WSBF), Premier Financial (PFC), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), and LendingTree (TREE). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Waterstone Financial (NASDAQ:WSBF) and Kearny Financial (NASDAQ:KRNY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
62.7% of Waterstone Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Kearny Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of Waterstone Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Kearny Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Kearny Financial received 60 more outperform votes than Waterstone Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.11% of users gave Kearny Financial an outperform vote while only 52.59% of users gave Waterstone Financial an outperform vote.
Kearny Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Waterstone Financial. Kearny Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waterstone Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Waterstone Financial has a net margin of 5.45% compared to Waterstone Financial's net margin of 4.80%. Waterstone Financial's return on equity of 4.05% beat Kearny Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, Kearny Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Waterstone Financial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Kearny Financial and 2 mentions for Waterstone Financial. Kearny Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Waterstone Financial's score of 0.74 indicating that Waterstone Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Waterstone Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Kearny Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Waterstone Financial pays out 115.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kearny Financial pays out 176.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Waterstone Financial has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kearny Financial has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kearny Financial beats Waterstone Financial on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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