ECBK vs. HIFS, HBCP, TCBX, FSBW, NECB, BLFY, TSBK, ESSA, PVBC, and WMPN
Should you be buying ECB Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ECB Bancorp include Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), Home Bancorp (HBCP), Third Coast Bancshares (TCBX), FS Bancorp (FSBW), Northeast Community Bancorp (NECB), Blue Foundry Bancorp (BLFY), Timberland Bancorp (TSBK), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), Provident Bancorp (PVBC), and William Penn Bancorporation (WMPN). These companies are all part of the "savings institutions, except federal" industry.
ECB Bancorp (NASDAQ:ECBK) and Hingham Institution for Savings (NASDAQ:HIFS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, ECB Bancorp had 11 more articles in the media than Hingham Institution for Savings. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for ECB Bancorp and 2 mentions for Hingham Institution for Savings. Hingham Institution for Savings' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat ECB Bancorp's score of 0.09 indicating that Hingham Institution for Savings is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
30.3% of ECB Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.3% of Hingham Institution for Savings shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of ECB Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ECB Bancorp has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hingham Institution for Savings has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Hingham Institution for Savings has higher revenue and earnings than ECB Bancorp. Hingham Institution for Savings is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ECB Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hingham Institution for Savings received 197 more outperform votes than ECB Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users.
Hingham Institution for Savings has a net margin of 12.38% compared to ECB Bancorp's net margin of 7.01%. Hingham Institution for Savings' return on equity of 2.71% beat ECB Bancorp's return on equity.
Summary
Hingham Institution for Savings beats ECB Bancorp on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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