First Seacoast Bancorp (FSEA) Competitors

BCB Bancorp (NASDAQ:BCBP) and First Seacoast Bancorp (NASDAQ:FSEA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Is BCBP or FSEA more profitable?

BCB Bancorp has a net margin of 13.41% compared to BCB Bancorp's net margin of -64.07%. First Seacoast Bancorp's return on equity of 9.71% beat BCB Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BCB Bancorp	13.41%	9.71%	0.72%
First Seacoast Bancorp	-64.07%	-18.08%	-2.17%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BCBP or FSEA?

36.0% of BCB Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.4% of First Seacoast Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.7% of BCB Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of First Seacoast Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate BCBP or FSEA?

BCB Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $12.75, indicating a potential upside of 32.54%. Given First Seacoast Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BCB Bancorp is more favorable than First Seacoast Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BCB Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
First Seacoast Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media favor BCBP or FSEA?

In the previous week, BCB Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than First Seacoast Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for BCB Bancorp and 0 mentions for First Seacoast Bancorp. First Seacoast Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat BCB Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that BCB Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BCB Bancorp	Positive
First Seacoast Bancorp	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, BCBP or FSEA?

BCB Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than First Seacoast Bancorp. First Seacoast Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BCB Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BCB Bancorp	$192.45M	0.85	$29.48M	$1.56	6.17
First Seacoast Bancorp	$18.58M	2.46	-$10.66M	-$2.64	-3.41

Which has more volatility and risk, BCBP or FSEA?

BCB Bancorp has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Seacoast Bancorp has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BCBP or FSEA?

BCB Bancorp received 133 more outperform votes than First Seacoast Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.49% of users gave BCB Bancorp an outperform vote while only 38.10% of users gave First Seacoast Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BCB Bancorp	Outperform Votes 141 59.49%	Underperform Votes 96 40.51%
First Seacoast Bancorp	Outperform Votes 8 38.10%	Underperform Votes 13 61.90%

Summary

BCB Bancorp beats First Seacoast Bancorp on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.