BRKL vs. TFSL, SMPL, WSFS, WD, BANC, PFS, WAFD, AGM, NWBI, and BHLB
Should you be buying Brookline Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookline Bancorp include TFS Financial (TFSL), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Banc of California (BANC), Provident Financial Services (PFS), WaFd (WAFD), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), and Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Brookline Bancorp vs.
Brookline Bancorp (NASDAQ:BRKL) and TFS Financial (NASDAQ:TFSL) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
TFS Financial received 77 more outperform votes than Brookline Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.34% of users gave TFS Financial an outperform vote while only 56.78% of users gave Brookline Bancorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, TFS Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Brookline Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for TFS Financial and 3 mentions for Brookline Bancorp. TFS Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Brookline Bancorp's score of 0.73 indicating that TFS Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TFS Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Brookline Bancorp. Brookline Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TFS Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brookline Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $14.17, suggesting a potential upside of 21.50%. TFS Financial has a consensus price target of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.86%. Given Brookline Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Brookline Bancorp is more favorable than TFS Financial.
Brookline Bancorp has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TFS Financial has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Brookline Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. TFS Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Brookline Bancorp pays out 70.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TFS Financial pays out 403.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
TFS Financial has a net margin of 10.58% compared to Brookline Bancorp's net margin of 10.51%. Brookline Bancorp's return on equity of 5.94% beat TFS Financial's return on equity.
78.9% of Brookline Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.8% of TFS Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Brookline Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of TFS Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Brookline Bancorp beats TFS Financial on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BRKL) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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