BCBP vs. IBCP, SMBC, VEL, JFIN, MCB, ESQ, XYF, YRD, ORRF, and FSBC
Should you be buying BCB Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BCB Bancorp include Independent Bank (IBCP), Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC), Velocity Financial (VEL), Jiayin Group (JFIN), Metropolitan Bank (MCB), Esquire Financial (ESQ), X Financial (XYF), Yiren Digital (YRD), Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF), and Five Star Bancorp (FSBC). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
BCB Bancorp vs.
BCB Bancorp (NASDAQ:BCBP) and Independent Bank (NASDAQ:IBCP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Independent Bank has higher revenue and earnings than BCB Bancorp. Independent Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BCB Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BCB Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $13.38, suggesting a potential upside of 34.42%. Independent Bank has a consensus target price of $39.17, suggesting a potential upside of 26.92%. Given BCB Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BCB Bancorp is more favorable than Independent Bank.
In the previous week, Independent Bank had 4 more articles in the media than BCB Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Independent Bank and 3 mentions for BCB Bancorp. Independent Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat BCB Bancorp's score of 0.64 indicating that Independent Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Independent Bank has a net margin of 20.67% compared to BCB Bancorp's net margin of 9.46%. Independent Bank's return on equity of 15.43% beat BCB Bancorp's return on equity.
36.0% of BCB Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Independent Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.9% of BCB Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Independent Bank shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BCB Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Independent Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. BCB Bancorp pays out 65.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Independent Bank pays out 32.9% 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. Independent Bank has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years.
Independent Bank received 84 more outperform votes than BCB Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.26% of users gave BCB Bancorp an outperform vote while only 54.35% of users gave Independent Bank an outperform vote.
BCB Bancorp has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Independent Bank has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Independent Bank beats BCB Bancorp on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BCBP) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
