Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM) Competitors

Brookline Bancorp (NASDAQ:BRKL) and Dime Community Bancshares (NASDAQ:DCOM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BRKL or DCOM?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brookline Bancorp	$609.22M	1.81	$75M	$0.83	14.95
Dime Community Bancshares	$645.57M	2.04	$96.09M	$1.50	22.47

Does the media prefer BRKL or DCOM?

In the previous week, Dime Community Bancshares had 10 more articles in the media than Brookline Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Dime Community Bancshares and 5 mentions for Brookline Bancorp. Brookline Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Dime Community Bancshares' score of 0.57 indicating that Brookline Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookline Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dime Community Bancshares	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BRKL or DCOM more profitable?

Brookline Bancorp has a net margin of 11.40% compared to Dime Community Bancshares' net margin of 9.65%. Brookline Bancorp's return on equity of 6.20% beat Dime Community Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookline Bancorp	11.40%	6.20%	0.65%
Dime Community Bancshares	9.65%	5.58%	0.46%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BRKL or DCOM?

Brookline Bancorp received 3 more outperform votes than Dime Community Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.89% of users gave Brookline Bancorp an outperform vote while only 49.32% of users gave Dime Community Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookline Bancorp	Outperform Votes 220 57.89%	Underperform Votes 160 42.11%
Dime Community Bancshares	Outperform Votes 217 49.32%	Underperform Votes 223 50.68%

Do analysts recommend BRKL or DCOM?

Brookline Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $11.50, suggesting a potential downside of 7.33%. Dime Community Bancshares has a consensus price target of $29.50, suggesting a potential downside of 12.46%. Given Brookline Bancorp's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Brookline Bancorp is more favorable than Dime Community Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookline Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Dime Community Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BRKL or DCOM?

78.9% of Brookline Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Brookline Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BRKL or DCOM a better dividend stock?

Brookline Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Dime Community Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Brookline Bancorp pays out 65.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dime Community Bancshares pays out 66.7% 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. Brookline Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, BRKL or DCOM?

Brookline Bancorp has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dime Community Bancshares has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Dime Community Bancshares beats Brookline Bancorp on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.