BLFY vs. NBN, ATLC, OSBC, NBBK, BFST, FUFU, CFB, MCBS, GHLD, and HBT
Should you be buying Blue Foundry Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blue Foundry Bancorp include Northeast Bank (NBN), Atlanticus (ATLC), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), NB Bancorp (NBBK), Business First Bancshares (BFST), BitFuFu (FUFU), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), Guild (GHLD), and HBT Financial (HBT). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Blue Foundry Bancorp vs.
Northeast Bank (NASDAQ:NBN) and Blue Foundry Bancorp (NASDAQ:BLFY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Northeast Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Blue Foundry Bancorp'saverage media sentiment score.
Northeast Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Blue Foundry Bancorp. Blue Foundry Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northeast Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Northeast Bank received 147 more outperform votes than Blue Foundry Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.00% of users gave Northeast Bank an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Blue Foundry Bancorp an outperform vote.
56.5% of Blue Foundry Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 14.2% of Northeast Bank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Blue Foundry Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Northeast Bank has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Foundry Bancorp has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Northeast Bank currently has a consensus target price of $97.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.76%. Blue Foundry Bancorp has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.11%. Given Blue Foundry Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Blue Foundry Bancorp is more favorable than Northeast Bank.
Northeast Bank has a net margin of 22.87% compared to Blue Foundry Bancorp's net margin of -13.65%. Northeast Bank's return on equity of 0.00% beat Blue Foundry Bancorp's return on equity.
Summary
Northeast Bank beats Blue Foundry Bancorp on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BLFY) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
