EFSI vs. HONE, SHBI, LDI, TCBX, GNTY, PFIS, HKD, ACNB, UNTY, and FBIZ
Should you be buying Eagle Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eagle Financial Services include HarborOne Bancorp (HONE), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), loanDepot (LDI), Third Coast Bancshares (TCBX), Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY), Peoples Financial Services (PFIS), AMTD Digital (HKD), ACNB (ACNB), Unity Bancorp (UNTY), and First Business Financial Services (FBIZ). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Eagle Financial Services vs.
Eagle Financial Services (NASDAQ:EFSI) and HarborOne Bancorp (NASDAQ:HONE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Eagle Financial Services has a net margin of 13.59% compared to HarborOne Bancorp's net margin of 8.61%. Eagle Financial Services' return on equity of 10.92% beat HarborOne Bancorp's return on equity.
HarborOne Bancorp received 262 more outperform votes than Eagle Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Eagle Financial Services an outperform vote while only 61.54% of users gave HarborOne Bancorp an outperform vote.
0.3% of Eagle Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.0% of HarborOne Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Eagle Financial Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of HarborOne Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Eagle Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. HarborOne Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Eagle Financial Services pays out 28.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HarborOne Bancorp pays out 48.5% 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. Eagle Financial Services has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Eagle Financial Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Eagle Financial Services has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HarborOne Bancorp has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Eagle Financial Services presently has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.43%. HarborOne Bancorp has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.15%. Given Eagle Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Eagle Financial Services is more favorable than HarborOne Bancorp.
HarborOne Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Eagle Financial Services. Eagle Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HarborOne Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, HarborOne Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Eagle Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for HarborOne Bancorp and 2 mentions for Eagle Financial Services. Eagle Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat HarborOne Bancorp's score of 0.22 indicating that Eagle Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Eagle Financial Services beats HarborOne Bancorp on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:EFSI) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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