Blue Foundry Bancorp (BLFY) Competitors

Guild (NYSE:GHLD) and Blue Foundry Bancorp (NASDAQ:BLFY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GHLD or BLFY?

Guild received 20 more outperform votes than Blue Foundry Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 38.46% of users gave Guild an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Blue Foundry Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Guild	Outperform Votes 20 38.46%	Underperform Votes 32 61.54%
Blue Foundry Bancorp	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 13 100.00%

Which has more risk & volatility, GHLD or BLFY?

Guild has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Foundry Bancorp has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend GHLD or BLFY?

Guild currently has a consensus target price of $16.60, suggesting a potential upside of 4.40%. Blue Foundry Bancorp has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.92%. Given Blue Foundry Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Blue Foundry Bancorp is more favorable than Guild.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Guild	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Blue Foundry Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is GHLD or BLFY more profitable?

Guild has a net margin of -12.78% compared to Blue Foundry Bancorp's net margin of -13.65%. Guild's return on equity of 6.21% beat Blue Foundry Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Guild	-12.78%	6.21%	1.76%
Blue Foundry Bancorp	-13.65%	-3.45%	-0.58%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GHLD or BLFY?

17.5% of Guild shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of Blue Foundry Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 78.5% of Guild shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Blue Foundry Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation and earnings, GHLD or BLFY?

Blue Foundry Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Guild. Blue Foundry Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guild, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Guild	$1.06B	0.92	-$39.01M	$1.54	10.32
Blue Foundry Bancorp	$39.34M	5.36	-$11.91M	-$0.56	-16.52

Does the media prefer GHLD or BLFY?

In the previous week, Guild had 3 more articles in the media than Blue Foundry Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Guild and 2 mentions for Blue Foundry Bancorp. Blue Foundry Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Guild's score of 0.95 indicating that Blue Foundry Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Guild	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Blue Foundry Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Guild beats Blue Foundry Bancorp on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.