RVSB vs. OFED, PROV, SFBC, PBBI, FSFG, NRIM, FMAO, SBT, WSBF, and PDLB
Should you be buying Riverview Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Riverview Bancorp include Oconee Federal Financial (OFED), Provident Financial (PROV), Sound Financial Bancorp (SFBC), PB Bancorp (PBBI), First Savings Financial Group (FSFG), Northrim BanCorp (NRIM), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO), Sterling Bancorp (SBT), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), and Ponce Financial Group (PDLB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Oconee Federal Financial (NASDAQ:OFED) and Riverview Bancorp (NASDAQ:RVSB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
Oconee Federal Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Riverview Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Oconee Federal Financial pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Riverview Bancorp pays out 133.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Riverview Bancorp has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Riverview Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Riverview Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Oconee Federal Financial. Oconee Federal Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Riverview Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Riverview Bancorp has a net margin of 5.69% compared to Riverview Bancorp's net margin of 0.00%. Oconee Federal Financial's return on equity of 4.92% beat Riverview Bancorp's return on equity.
Riverview Bancorp received 166 more outperform votes than Oconee Federal Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.48% of users gave Oconee Federal Financial an outperform vote while only 65.25% of users gave Riverview Bancorp an outperform vote.
69.6% of Riverview Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Oconee Federal Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of Riverview Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Riverview Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than Oconee Federal Financial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Riverview Bancorp and 0 mentions for Oconee Federal Financial. Oconee Federal Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Riverview Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Riverview Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Oconee Federal Financial has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Riverview Bancorp has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Riverview Bancorp beats Oconee Federal Financial on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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