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ECB Bancorp (ECBK) Competitors

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$15.10
+0.10 (+0.67%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

ECBK vs. HONE, MPB, MSBI, YRD, HIVE, QD, ML, GCBC, SHBI, and ALRS

Should you be buying ECB Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ECB Bancorp include HarborOne Bancorp (HONE), Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), Midland States Bancorp (MSBI), Yiren Digital (YRD), HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE), Qudian (QD), MoneyLion (ML), Greene County Bancorp (GCBC), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), and Alerus Financial (ALRS). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

ECB Bancorp vs.

HarborOne Bancorp (NASDAQ:HONE) and ECB Bancorp (NASDAQ:ECBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

65.0% of HarborOne Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.3% of ECB Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of HarborOne Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of ECB Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

HarborOne Bancorp has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ECB Bancorp has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

HarborOne Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.79%. Given HarborOne Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe HarborOne Bancorp is more favorable than ECB Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
HarborOne Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
ECB Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

ECB Bancorp has a net margin of 5.11% compared to HarborOne Bancorp's net margin of 3.68%. HarborOne Bancorp's return on equity of 3.82% beat ECB Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
HarborOne Bancorp3.68% 3.82% 0.38%
ECB Bancorp 5.11%2.01%0.26%

HarborOne Bancorp received 264 more outperform votes than ECB Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HarborOne BancorpOutperform Votes
264
61.54%
Underperform Votes
165
38.46%
ECB BancorpN/AN/A

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
HarborOne Bancorp$162.29M3.27$16.08M$0.2842.68
ECB Bancorp$55.83M2.49$4.46M$0.3938.72

In the previous week, HarborOne Bancorp had 6 more articles in the media than ECB Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for HarborOne Bancorp and 1 mentions for ECB Bancorp. ECB Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat HarborOne Bancorp's score of 0.07 indicating that ECB Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
HarborOne Bancorp
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
ECB Bancorp
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

HarborOne Bancorp beats ECB Bancorp on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ECBK vs. The Competition

MetricECB BancorpSavings institutions, except federal IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$138.77M$289.88M$10.47B$8.53B
Dividend YieldN/A2.29%10.20%4.14%
P/E Ratio38.7217.1443.2515.18
Price / Sales2.492.753,256.7692.77
Price / Cash29.2921.8930.0334.07
Price / Book0.860.983.975.02
Net Income$4.46M$16.95M$992.99M$225.46M
7 Day Performance0.73%0.48%-0.35%0.37%
1 Month Performance5.15%3.18%0.25%3.57%
1 Year Performance42.86%26.06%22.81%29.44%

ECB Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ECBK
ECB Bancorp
2.2309 of 5 stars
$15.10
+0.7%
N/A+47.0%$138.77M$55.83M38.7250Short Interest ↓
HONE
HarborOne Bancorp
3.0112 of 5 stars
$12.09
+0.2%
$13.00
+7.5%
+22.8%$540.13M$162.29M31.82640Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
MPB
Mid Penn Bancorp
4.7333 of 5 stars
$32.22
-0.1%
$30.50
-5.3%
+60.5%$537.72M$169.18M11.80620Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
MSBI
Midland States Bancorp
4.7836 of 5 stars
$24.79
+0.5%
$26.00
+4.9%
+13.9%$530.26M$470.89M10.73970Analyst Upgrade
Insider Selling
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
YRD
Yiren Digital
3.4596 of 5 stars
$5.86
-1.2%
N/A+156.0%$509.44M$5.46B1.853,800Analyst Upgrade
HIVE
HIVE Digital Technologies
3.2396 of 5 stars
$4.25
+3.4%
$5.70
+34.1%
+14.6%$500.29M$123.14M-11.4920Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
QD
Qudian
N/A$2.45
flat
N/A+40.9%$491.47M$160.33M-13.61940
ML
MoneyLion
4.4079 of 5 stars
$44.70
-3.1%
$89.17
+99.5%
+124.3%$490.36M$423.43M638.57560Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
GCBC
Greene County Bancorp
2.6623 of 5 stars
$28.61
-1.3%
N/A+16.5%$487.14M$65.02M19.73210Short Interest ↑
SHBI
Shore Bancshares
2.0836 of 5 stars
$14.66
-0.5%
$15.00
+2.3%
+38.7%$487.06M$199.15M11.73610Dividend Announcement
ALRS
Alerus Financial
4.5701 of 5 stars
$23.84
-0.2%
$23.40
-1.8%
+15.6%$471.51M$167.96M68.12840Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:ECBK) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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