EFSI vs. GCBC, VBNK, FBIZ, MFH, FFWM, XYF, HIVE, CARE, MSBI, and BWB
Should you be buying Eagle Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eagle Financial Services include Greene County Bancorp (GCBC), VersaBank (VBNK), First Business Financial Services (FBIZ), Mercurity Fintech (MFH), First Foundation (FFWM), X Financial (XYF), HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE), Carter Bankshares (CARE), Midland States Bancorp (MSBI), and Bridgewater Bancshares (BWB). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Eagle Financial Services vs.
Greene County Bancorp (NASDAQ:GCBC) and Eagle Financial Services (NASDAQ:EFSI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Greene County Bancorp received 122 more outperform votes than Eagle Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users.
13.4% of Greene County Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Eagle Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Greene County Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of Eagle Financial Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Greene County Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Eagle Financial Services. Eagle Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greene County Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Greene County Bancorp has a net margin of 21.02% compared to Eagle Financial Services' net margin of 13.59%. Greene County Bancorp's return on equity of 12.55% beat Eagle Financial Services' return on equity.
In the previous week, Greene County Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Eagle Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Greene County Bancorp and 0 mentions for Eagle Financial Services. Greene County Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Eagle Financial Services'average media sentiment score.
Greene County Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Eagle Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Greene County Bancorp pays out 23.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eagle Financial Services pays out 28.7% 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. Greene County Bancorp has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Eagle Financial Services has raised 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.
Greene County Bancorp has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eagle Financial Services has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Greene County Bancorp beats Eagle Financial Services on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:EFSI) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
