ECBK vs. MPB, QD, LPRO, BITF, LDI, JFIN, BCAL, ALRS, HONE, and XYF
Should you be buying ECB Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ECB Bancorp include Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), Qudian (QD), Open Lending (LPRO), Bitfarms (BITF), loanDepot (LDI), Jiayin Group (JFIN), Southern California Bancorp (BCAL), Alerus Financial (ALRS), HarborOne Bancorp (HONE), and X Financial (XYF). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
ECB Bancorp vs.
ECB Bancorp (NASDAQ:ECBK) and Mid Penn Bancorp (NASDAQ:MPB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings and profitability.
Mid Penn Bancorp has a consensus target price of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.68%. Given Mid Penn Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mid Penn Bancorp is more favorable than ECB Bancorp.
Mid Penn Bancorp received 113 more outperform votes than ECB Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, ECB Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Mid Penn Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ECB Bancorp and 1 mentions for Mid Penn Bancorp. ECB Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat Mid Penn Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that ECB Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ECB Bancorp has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mid Penn Bancorp has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mid Penn Bancorp has a net margin of 15.99% compared to ECB Bancorp's net margin of 5.85%. Mid Penn Bancorp's return on equity of 8.43% beat ECB Bancorp's return on equity.
Mid Penn Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than ECB Bancorp. Mid Penn 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.
30.3% of ECB Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.1% of Mid Penn Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of ECB Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Mid Penn Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Mid Penn Bancorp beats ECB Bancorp on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ECBK) was last updated on 3/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
