ECB Bancorp (ECBK) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ECBK or CBNK?

30.3% of ECB Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.1% of Capital Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of ECB Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.5% of Capital Bancorp shares are owned by company 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.

Do analysts prefer ECBK or CBNK?

Capital Bancorp has a consensus price target of $34.50, suggesting a potential downside of 0.06%. Given Capital Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Capital Bancorp is more favorable than ECB Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ECB Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Capital Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is ECBK or CBNK more profitable?

Capital Bancorp has a net margin of 14.43% compared to ECB Bancorp's net margin of 6.65%. Capital Bancorp's return on equity of 15.04% beat ECB Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ECB Bancorp	6.65%	2.79%	0.34%
Capital Bancorp	14.43%	15.04%	1.66%

Does the media refer more to ECBK or CBNK?

In the previous week, Capital Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than ECB Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Capital Bancorp and 2 mentions for ECB Bancorp. Capital Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat ECB Bancorp's score of 0.94 indicating that Capital Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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
Capital Bancorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ECBK or CBNK?

Capital Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than ECB Bancorp. Capital Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ECB Bancorp, 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
ECB Bancorp	$68.27M	2.13	$3.99M	$0.56	28.73
Capital Bancorp	$244.71M	2.35	$30.97M	$2.48	13.92

Which has more risk & volatility, ECBK or CBNK?

ECB Bancorp has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Bancorp has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Capital Bancorp beats ECB Bancorp on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.