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Catalyst Bancorp (CLST) Competitors

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$11.53 +0.06 (+0.52%)
(As of 12:45 PM ET)

CLST vs. ASRV, HFBL, BOTJ, EMCF, FOA, WNEB, FCCO, BVFL, SWKH, and HNVR

Should you be buying Catalyst Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Catalyst Bancorp include AmeriServ Financial (ASRV), Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (HFBL), Bank of the James Financial Group (BOTJ), Emclaire Financial (EMCF), Finance of America Companies (FOA), Western New England Bancorp (WNEB), First Community (FCCO), BV Financial (BVFL), SWK (SWKH), and Hanover Bancorp (HNVR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Catalyst Bancorp vs.

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

AmeriServ Financial has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Catalyst Bancorp has a beta of 0.12, meaning that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Catalyst Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than AmeriServ Financial. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Catalyst Bancorp and 0 mentions for AmeriServ Financial. AmeriServ Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Catalyst Bancorp's score of -0.01 indicating that AmeriServ Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
AmeriServ Financial Positive
Catalyst Bancorp Neutral

AmeriServ Financial received 146 more outperform votes than Catalyst Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.60% of users gave AmeriServ Financial an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Catalyst Bancorp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AmeriServ FinancialOutperform Votes
146
61.60%
Underperform Votes
91
38.40%
Catalyst BancorpOutperform Votes
No Votes
Underperform Votes
1
100.00%

31.5% of AmeriServ Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.1% of Catalyst Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of AmeriServ Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Catalyst Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AmeriServ Financial$77.25M0.64-$3.35M-$0.15-19.80
Catalyst Bancorp$11.25M4.45$600K-$0.82-14.06

Catalyst Bancorp has a net margin of 0.00% compared to AmeriServ Financial's net margin of -3.19%. AmeriServ Financial's return on equity of -2.50% beat Catalyst Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AmeriServ Financial-3.19% -2.50% -0.19%
Catalyst Bancorp N/A -4.12%-1.20%

Summary

AmeriServ Financial beats Catalyst Bancorp on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CLST vs. The Competition

MetricCatalyst BancorpFederal savings institutions IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$50.04M$1.82B$10.57B$8.81B
Dividend YieldN/A3.18%10.13%4.07%
P/E Ratio-14.0614.6046.6614.18
Price / Sales4.452.243,473.8488.10
Price / Cash36.6418.8230.6036.27
Price / Book0.610.994.096.35
Net Income$600,000.00$358.89M$1.02B$225.71M
7 Day Performance-0.95%-0.16%0.51%-0.32%
1 Month Performance0.52%4.14%7.71%1.76%
1 Year Performance4.06%20.62%24.84%27.70%

Catalyst Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CLST
Catalyst Bancorp
0.2572 of 5 stars
$11.53
+0.5%
N/A+1.5%$50.04M$11.25M-14.0660Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
ASRV
AmeriServ Financial
N/A$2.97
+3.5%
N/A+6.8%$49.06M$77.25M0.001,224Positive News
Gap Down
HFBL
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana
N/A$12.27
flat
N/A-7.4%$38.41M$33.45M11.2670
BOTJ
Bank of the James Financial Group
1.1658 of 5 stars
$14.27
-1.9%
N/A+45.4%$65.21M$52.23M7.90160Gap Down
EMCF
Emclaire Financial
N/A$31.60
flat
N/A+0.0%$86.43M$41.17M8.59148Gap Up
High Trading Volume
FOA
Finance of America Companies
3.2356 of 5 stars
$19.70
+0.4%
$24.00
+21.8%
+104.5%$195.62M$234.25M1.686,630Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
WNEB
Western New England Bancorp
3.6 of 5 stars
$9.10
+1.3%
$8.50
-6.6%
+15.3%$191.28M$112.01M17.67360Positive News
FCCO
First Community
3.6295 of 5 stars
$25.00
+2.8%
$21.00
-16.0%
+37.8%$191M$83.12M14.40250Positive News
BVFL
BV Financial
1.9661 of 5 stars
$16.10
+1.0%
N/A+38.5%$186.76M$47.18M13.40112Positive News
SWKH
SWK
1.2287 of 5 stars
$15.15
-0.1%
N/A-7.7%$185.28M$37.76M16.3040Gap Up
HNVR
Hanover Bancorp
2.8526 of 5 stars
$23.73
+4.5%
$22.00
-7.3%
+27.2%$169.74M$62.58M13.76160

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This page (NASDAQ:CLST) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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