CFFN vs. BRKL, OCFC, NFBK, KRNY, WSBF, PFS, HTBI, FMAO, NRIM, and SBT
Should you be buying Capitol Federal Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capitol Federal Financial include Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), Provident Financial Services (PFS), HomeTrust Bancshares (HTBI), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO), Northrim BanCorp (NRIM), and Sterling Bancorp (SBT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Brookline Bancorp (NASDAQ:BRKL) and Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ:CFFN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Brookline Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Capitol Federal Financial. Capitol Federal Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookline Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Capitol Federal Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Brookline Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Capitol Federal Financial and 3 mentions for Brookline Bancorp. Capitol Federal Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Brookline Bancorp's score of 0.50 indicating that Brookline Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
78.9% of Brookline Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Brookline Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Capitol Federal Financial received 27 more outperform votes than Brookline Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.05% of users gave Brookline Bancorp an outperform vote while only 54.41% of users gave Capitol Federal Financial an outperform vote.
Brookline Bancorp has a net margin of 13.13% compared to Brookline Bancorp's net margin of -33.99%. Capitol Federal Financial's return on equity of 7.09% beat Brookline Bancorp's return on equity.
Brookline Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $11.08, suggesting a potential upside of 21.79%. Capitol Federal Financial has a consensus target price of $5.75, suggesting a potential upside of 8.90%. Given Capitol Federal Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Brookline Bancorp is more favorable than Capitol Federal Financial.
Brookline Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Capitol Federal Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Brookline Bancorp pays out 58.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capitol Federal Financial pays out -36.2% 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. Brookline Bancorp has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Capitol Federal Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Brookline Bancorp has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capitol Federal Financial has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Brookline Bancorp beats Capitol Federal Financial on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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