WMPN vs. HIFS, HBCP, TCBX, FSBW, NECB, BLFY, TSBK, ESSA, PVBC, and ECBK
Should you be buying William Penn Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of William Penn Bancorporation include Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), Home Bancorp (HBCP), Third Coast Bancshares (TCBX), FS Bancorp (FSBW), Northeast Community Bancorp (NECB), Blue Foundry Bancorp (BLFY), Timberland Bancorp (TSBK), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), Provident Bancorp (PVBC), and ECB Bancorp (ECBK). These companies are all part of the "savings institutions, except federal" industry.
William Penn Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WMPN) and Hingham Institution for Savings (NASDAQ:HIFS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
William Penn Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Hingham Institution for Savings pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. William Penn Bancorporation 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. Hingham Institution for Savings pays out 22.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hingham Institution for Savings is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
William Penn Bancorporation currently has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.28%. Given William Penn Bancorporation's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe William Penn Bancorporation is more favorable than Hingham Institution for Savings.
Hingham Institution for Savings received 194 more outperform votes than William Penn Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave William Penn Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 60.43% of users gave Hingham Institution for Savings an outperform vote.
William Penn Bancorporation has a beta of -0.01, meaning that its stock price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hingham Institution for Savings has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
In the previous week, William Penn Bancorporation and William Penn Bancorporation both had 3 articles in the media. William Penn Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Hingham Institution for Savings' score of 1.54 indicating that William Penn Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hingham Institution for Savings has a net margin of 12.38% compared to William Penn Bancorporation's net margin of 2.44%. Hingham Institution for Savings' return on equity of 2.73% beat William Penn Bancorporation's return on equity.
31.2% of William Penn Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.3% of Hingham Institution for Savings shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of William Penn Bancorporation shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hingham Institution for Savings has higher revenue and earnings than William Penn Bancorporation. Hingham Institution for Savings is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than William Penn Bancorporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Hingham Institution for Savings beats William Penn Bancorporation on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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