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Catalyst Bancorp (CLST) Competitors

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$11.75 +0.06 (+0.51%)
As of 01/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

CLST vs. SWKH, BVFL, ISTR, BCBP, VABK, WNEB, TROO, FSFG, FCCO, and MYFW

Should you be buying Catalyst Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Catalyst Bancorp include SWK (SWKH), BV Financial (BVFL), Investar (ISTR), BCB Bancorp (BCBP), Virginia National Bankshares (VABK), Western New England Bancorp (WNEB), TROOPS (TROO), First Savings Financial Group (FSFG), First Community (FCCO), and First Western Financial (MYFW). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Catalyst Bancorp vs.

Catalyst Bancorp (NASDAQ:CLST) and SWK (NASDAQ:SWKH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.

SWK has a net margin of 26.51% compared to Catalyst Bancorp's net margin of 0.00%. SWK's return on equity of 5.07% beat Catalyst Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Catalyst BancorpN/A -4.12% -1.20%
SWK 26.51%5.07%4.40%

33.1% of Catalyst Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of SWK shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Catalyst Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of SWK shares are held by 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.

Catalyst Bancorp has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SWK has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

SWK has higher revenue and earnings than Catalyst Bancorp. Catalyst Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SWK, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Catalyst Bancorp$11.25M4.53$600K-$0.82-14.33
SWK$37.76M5.31$15.89M$0.9317.62

In the previous week, Catalyst Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled SWK'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Catalyst Bancorp Neutral
SWK Neutral

SWK received 9 more outperform votes than Catalyst Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.00% of users gave SWK an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Catalyst Bancorp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Catalyst BancorpOutperform Votes
No Votes
Underperform Votes
1
100.00%
SWKOutperform Votes
9
50.00%
Underperform Votes
9
50.00%

Summary

SWK beats Catalyst Bancorp on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CLST vs. The Competition

MetricCatalyst BancorpFederal savings institutions IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$51.02M$2.83B$11.65B$9.12B
Dividend YieldN/A3.26%5.99%4.01%
P/E RatioN/A13.7522.8213.13
Price / Sales4.532.1928.3575.82
Price / Cash37.5318.8416.9732.72
Price / Book0.660.922.654.58
Net Income$600,000.00$358.98M$1.06B$224.83M
7 Day Performance1.73%0.97%1.94%2.37%
1 Month Performance-1.67%-0.26%0.91%4.40%
1 Year Performance-2.00%9.49%14.71%20.10%

Catalyst Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CLST
Catalyst Bancorp
0.528 of 5 stars
$11.75
+0.5%
N/A-2.0%$51.02M$11.25M0.0060Upcoming Earnings
SWKH
SWK
1.1596 of 5 stars
$16.30
+3.5%
N/A-4.6%$199.40M$42.52M17.5340
BVFL
BV Financial
1.5224 of 5 stars
$16.73
-0.8%
N/A+22.4%$194.04M$37.66M14.06112Positive News
ISTR
Investar
4.3294 of 5 stars
$19.27
+3.2%
$20.00
+3.8%
+20.3%$189.39M$80.05M10.77340Upcoming Earnings
BCBP
BCB Bancorp
3.8587 of 5 stars
$11.01
+0.5%
$13.75
+24.9%
-10.0%$187.70M$98.98M9.41290Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
VABK
Virginia National Bankshares
3.1192 of 5 stars
$34.60
+2.8%
N/A+5.1%$180.79M$51.97M11.97170Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
WNEB
Western New England Bancorp
3.7088 of 5 stars
$8.52
-0.5%
$8.50
-0.2%
+2.4%$179.07M$71.68M16.38360Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
TROO
TROOPS
N/A$1.73
-0.6%
N/A-19.7%$175.77M$4.34M0.0020Gap Up
FSFG
First Savings Financial Group
4.2981 of 5 stars
$24.77
-0.5%
$27.50
+11.0%
+42.7%$171.14M$70.48M12.51470
FCCO
First Community
3.0885 of 5 stars
$22.29
-0.5%
$21.00
-5.8%
+31.1%$170.32M$59.06M13.19250Upcoming Earnings
MYFW
First Western Financial
4.7978 of 5 stars
$17.54
-0.2%
$23.83
+35.9%
-0.5%$169.51M$88.93M28.29310Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:CLST) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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