BCB Bancorp (BCBP) Competitors

$10.82
-0.04 (-0.37%)
(As of 05/17/2024 ET)

BCBP vs. PDLB, WNEB, FGBI, CVLY, BVFL, CZWI, WSBF, FSFG, FNWD, and SFBC

Should you be buying BCB Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BCB Bancorp include Ponce Financial Group (PDLB), Western New England Bancorp (WNEB), First Guaranty Bancshares (FGBI), Codorus Valley Bancorp (CVLY), BV Financial (BVFL), Citizens Community Bancorp (CZWI), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), First Savings Financial Group (FSFG), Finward Bancorp (FNWD), and Sound Financial Bancorp (SFBC). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.

BCB Bancorp vs.

Ponce Financial Group (NASDAQ:PDLB) and BCB Bancorp (NASDAQ:BCBP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.

BCB Bancorp has a net margin of 13.41% compared to BCB Bancorp's net margin of 3.64%. Ponce Financial Group's return on equity of 9.71% beat BCB Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ponce Financial Group3.64% 2.05% 0.20%
BCB Bancorp 13.41%9.71%0.72%

BCB Bancorp received 55 more outperform votes than Ponce Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.49% of users gave BCB Bancorp an outperform vote while only 53.42% of users gave Ponce Financial Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ponce Financial GroupOutperform Votes
86
53.42%
Underperform Votes
75
46.58%
BCB BancorpOutperform Votes
141
59.49%
Underperform Votes
96
40.51%

In the previous week, BCB Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Ponce Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for BCB Bancorp and 0 mentions for Ponce Financial Group. Ponce Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.95 beat BCB Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that BCB Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Ponce Financial Group Neutral
BCB Bancorp Very Positive

BCB Bancorp has a consensus target price of $12.75, indicating a potential upside of 17.84%. Given Ponce Financial Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BCB Bancorp is more favorable than Ponce Financial Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ponce Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
BCB Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

BCB Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Ponce Financial Group. BCB Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ponce Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ponce Financial Group$136.09M1.54$3.35M$0.2535.12
BCB Bancorp$192.45M0.95$29.48M$1.566.94

Ponce Financial Group has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BCB Bancorp has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

64.4% of Ponce Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.0% of BCB Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ponce Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of BCB Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

BCB Bancorp beats Ponce Financial Group on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BCBP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BCBP vs. The Competition

MetricBCB BancorpFederal savings institutions IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$183.47M$2.66B$10.07B$7.99B
Dividend Yield5.91%3.69%5.84%3.91%
P/E Ratio6.949.9537.0415.05
Price / Sales0.952.15207.8481.39
Price / Cash5.7413.3416.6831.98
Price / Book0.630.873.324.64
Net Income$29.48M$403.54M$1.01B$217.28M
7 Day Performance2.95%1.23%1.72%2.90%
1 Month Performance8.53%2.39%4.59%6.66%
1 Year Performance2.37%6.37%19.56%9.89%

BCB Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PDLB
Ponce Financial Group
0 of 5 stars
$8.60
-1.0%
N/A+20.1%$204.77M$136.09M34.40237Positive News
WNEB
Western New England Bancorp
3.5734 of 5 stars
$6.46
+0.5%
$7.50
+16.1%
+13.2%$140.25M$112.01M10.77294
FGBI
First Guaranty Bancshares
3.4363 of 5 stars
$11.10
-2.2%
$11.25
+1.4%
-11.3%$138.86M$193.59M17.90486Positive News
CVLY
Codorus Valley Bancorp
0.6957 of 5 stars
$22.49
+0.1%
$22.00
-2.2%
+30.3%$217.25M$129.76M9.74317Analyst Forecast
BVFL
BV Financial
0 of 5 stars
$10.61
+0.5%
N/AN/A$120.74M$47.18M7.63107Positive News
CZWI
Citizens Community Bancorp
3.9635 of 5 stars
$11.27
+2.9%
N/A+42.2%$117.32M$94.50M8.74214
WSBF
Waterstone Financial
0 of 5 stars
$12.11
-1.2%
N/A-4.7%$241.23M$180.39M23.29698
FSFG
First Savings Financial Group
4.9181 of 5 stars
$16.07
-0.6%
$21.00
+30.7%
+30.5%$110.56M$128.57M14.88370Analyst Forecast
FNWD
Finward Bancorp
0 of 5 stars
$24.59
-0.2%
N/AN/A$105.74M$96.53M6.83281Positive News
SFBC
Sound Financial Bancorp
2.6258 of 5 stars
$39.26
+0.5%
N/A+7.4%$100.51M$55.62M16.85128

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This page (NASDAQ:BCBP) was last updated on 5/19/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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