FS Bancorp (FSBW) Competitors

FS Bancorp (NASDAQ:FSBW) and Coastal Financial (NASDAQ:CCB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and community ranking.

Do analysts recommend FSBW or CCB?

FS Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $44.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.03%. Coastal Financial has a consensus target price of $93.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.83%. Given FS Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe FS Bancorp is more favorable than Coastal Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FS Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Coastal Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FSBW or CCB?

Coastal Financial has higher revenue and earnings than FS Bancorp. FS Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coastal Financial, 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
FS Bancorp	$206.39M	1.45	$35.02M	$4.40	8.69
Coastal Financial	$458.36M	2.65	$45.22M	$3.25	27.56

Does the media favor FSBW or CCB?

In the previous week, Coastal Financial had 1 more articles in the media than FS Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Coastal Financial and 2 mentions for FS Bancorp. FS Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Coastal Financial's score of 0.47 indicating that FS Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FS Bancorp	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Coastal Financial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FSBW or CCB?

FS Bancorp received 214 more outperform votes than Coastal Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Coastal Financial an outperform vote while only 64.25% of users gave FS Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FS Bancorp	Outperform Votes 230 64.25%	Underperform Votes 128 35.75%
Coastal Financial	Outperform Votes 16 66.67%	Underperform Votes 8 33.33%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in FSBW or CCB?

63.9% of FS Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.2% of Coastal Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.3% of FS Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Coastal Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, FSBW or CCB?

FS Bancorp has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coastal Financial has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FSBW or CCB more profitable?

FS Bancorp has a net margin of 16.97% compared to Coastal Financial's net margin of 6.43%. Coastal Financial's return on equity of 14.98% beat FS Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FS Bancorp	16.97%	12.35%	1.18%
Coastal Financial	6.43%	14.98%	1.20%

Summary

Coastal Financial beats FS Bancorp on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.