CARV vs. HFBL, KFFB, FSBC, HSBC, TFSL, AX, EBC, BKU, CLBK, and PFS
Should you be buying Carver Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carver Bancorp include Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (HFBL), Kentucky First Federal Bancorp (KFFB), Five Star Bancorp (FSBC), HSBC (HSBC), TFS Financial (TFSL), Axos Financial (AX), Eastern Bankshares (EBC), BankUnited (BKU), Columbia Financial (CLBK), and Provident Financial Services (PFS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (NASDAQ:HFBL) and Carver Bancorp (NASDAQ:CARV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carver Bancorp has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Carver Bancorp. Carver Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Carver Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Carver Bancorp and 5 mentions for Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana. Carver Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana's score of 0.31 indicating that Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Carver Bancorp received 16 more outperform votes than Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.31% of users gave Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana an outperform vote while only 49.17% of users gave Carver Bancorp an outperform vote.
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana has a net margin of 12.62% compared to Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana's net margin of -11.87%. Carver Bancorp's return on equity of 8.17% beat Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana's return on equity.
21.1% of Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.2% of Carver Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 24.8% of Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Carver Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana beats Carver Bancorp on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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