BRKL vs. PFC, OCFC, CFFN, NFBK, TFSL, SMPL, WD, WSFS, WAFD, and PFS
Should you be buying Brookline Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookline Bancorp include Premier Financial (PFC), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), TFS Financial (TFSL), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), Walker & Dunlop (WD), WSFS Financial (WSFS), WaFd (WAFD), and Provident Financial Services (PFS).
Brookline Bancorp vs.
Premier Financial (NASDAQ:PFC) and Brookline Bancorp (NASDAQ:BRKL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
Premier Financial has a net margin of 16.06% compared to Brookline Bancorp's net margin of 11.40%. Premier Financial's return on equity of 7.43% beat Brookline Bancorp's return on equity.
66.1% of Premier Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.9% of Brookline Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Premier Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Brookline Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Premier Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brookline Bancorp. Premier Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookline Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Premier Financial has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookline Bancorp has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Brookline Bancorp received 206 more outperform votes than Premier Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.89% of users gave Brookline Bancorp an outperform vote while only 38.89% of users gave Premier Financial an outperform vote.
Premier Financial presently has a consensus price target of $22.50, suggesting a potential downside of 18.18%. Brookline Bancorp has a consensus price target of $11.50, suggesting a potential downside of 4.41%. Given Brookline Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brookline Bancorp is more favorable than Premier Financial.
Premier Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Brookline Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Premier Financial pays out 62.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookline Bancorp pays out 65.1% 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. Premier Financial has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Premier Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Premier Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Brookline Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Premier Financial and 1 mentions for Brookline Bancorp. Brookline Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Premier Financial's score of 1.76 indicating that Brookline Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Premier Financial beats Brookline Bancorp on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BRKL) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
