AFBI vs. HIFS, HBCP, TCBX, FSBW, NECB, BLFY, TSBK, ESSA, PVBC, and WMPN
Should you be buying Affinity Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Affinity Bancshares 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 William Penn Bancorporation (WMPN). These companies are all part of the "savings institutions, except federal" industry.
Affinity Bancshares (NASDAQ:AFBI) and Hingham Institution for Savings (NASDAQ:HIFS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Affinity Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than Hingham Institution for Savings. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Affinity Bancshares and 2 mentions for Hingham Institution for Savings. Hingham Institution for Savings' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Affinity Bancshares' score of 0.62 indicating that Hingham Institution for Savings is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Affinity Bancshares has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hingham Institution for Savings has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Hingham Institution for Savings has higher revenue and earnings than Affinity Bancshares. Hingham Institution for Savings is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Affinity Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Affinity Bancshares has a net margin of 12.98% compared to Hingham Institution for Savings' net margin of 12.38%. Affinity Bancshares' return on equity of 5.04% beat Hingham Institution for Savings' return on equity.
Hingham Institution for Savings received 197 more outperform votes than Affinity Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.43% of users gave Hingham Institution for Savings an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Affinity Bancshares an outperform vote.
39.3% of Affinity Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.3% of Hingham Institution for Savings shares are held by institutional investors. 10.8% of Affinity Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Hingham Institution for Savings beats Affinity Bancshares on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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