NFBK vs. KRNY, WSBF, CFFN, PFC, DCOM, BRKL, OCFC, PFS, HTBI, and FMAO Should you be buying Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) include Kearny Financial (KRNY), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Premier Financial (PFC), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Provident Financial Services (PFS), HomeTrust Bancshares (HTBI), and Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Kearny Financial (NASDAQ:KRNY ) and Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NASDAQ:NFBK ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Is KRNY or NFBK more profitable?
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) has a net margin of 14.02% compared to Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s net margin of 4.80%. Kearny Financial's return on equity of 4.65% beat Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s return on equity.
Do analysts recommend KRNY or NFBK?
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.82%. Given Kearny Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) is more favorable than Kearny Financial.
Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KRNY or NFBK?
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) received 19 more outperform votes than Kearny Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.11% of users gave Kearny Financial an outperform vote while only 55.53% of users gave Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) an outperform vote.
Do institutionals & insiders believe in KRNY or NFBK?
71.0% of Kearny Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.5% of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) shares are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of Kearny Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Which has higher valuation and earnings, KRNY or NFBK?
Kearny Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY). Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kearny Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Is KRNY or NFBK a better dividend stock?
Kearny Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. 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. Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) pays out 69.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Does the media favor KRNY or NFBK?
In the previous week, Kearny Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY). MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Kearny Financial and 2 mentions for Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY). Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Kearny Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Kearny Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Which has more volatility & risk, KRNY or NFBK?
Kearny Financial has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary Kearny Financial beats Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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