CLST vs. BOTJ, TCBC, ASRV, HFBL, EMCF, BCBP, WNEB, FGBI, BVFL, and CZWI
Should you be buying Catalyst Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Catalyst Bancorp include Bank of the James Financial Group (BOTJ), TC Bancshares (TCBC), AmeriServ Financial (ASRV), Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (HFBL), Emclaire Financial (EMCF), BCB Bancorp (BCBP), Western New England Bancorp (WNEB), First Guaranty Bancshares (FGBI), BV Financial (BVFL), and Citizens Community Bancorp (CZWI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Bank of the James Financial Group (NASDAQ:BOTJ) and Catalyst Bancorp (NASDAQ:CLST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and valuation.
Bank of the James Financial Group received 80 more outperform votes than Catalyst Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.50% of users gave Bank of the James Financial Group an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Catalyst Bancorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Bank of the James Financial Group had 3 more articles in the media than Catalyst Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Bank of the James Financial Group and 3 mentions for Catalyst Bancorp. Bank of the James Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Catalyst Bancorp's score of 0.68 indicating that Catalyst Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bank of the James Financial Group has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Catalyst Bancorp has a beta of 0.13, indicating that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank of the James Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Catalyst Bancorp. Catalyst Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of the James Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
18.5% of Bank of the James Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.1% of Catalyst Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.3% of Bank of the James Financial Group 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.
Bank of the James Financial Group has a net margin of 16.45% compared to Bank of the James Financial Group's net margin of 5.35%. Catalyst Bancorp's return on equity of 15.86% beat Bank of the James Financial Group's return on equity.
Summary
Bank of the James Financial Group beats Catalyst Bancorp on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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