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FS Bancorp (FSBW) Competitors

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$46.52 +0.53 (+1.15%)
(As of 02:00 PM ET)

FSBW vs. HBCP, PCSB, TSBK, ESSA, GCBC, BY, CMPO, BTDR, FBMS, and SII

Should you be buying FS Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FS Bancorp include Home Bancorp (HBCP), PCSB Financial (PCSB), Timberland Bancorp (TSBK), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), Greene County Bancorp (GCBC), Byline Bancorp (BY), CompoSecure (CMPO), Bitdeer Technologies Group (BTDR), First Bancshares (FBMS), and Sprott (SII).

FS Bancorp vs.

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

Home Bancorp has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FS Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Home Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. FS Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Home Bancorp pays out 23.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FS Bancorp pays out 22.9% 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. FS Bancorp has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. FS Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Home Bancorp has a net margin of 18.55% compared to FS Bancorp's net margin of 18.28%. FS Bancorp's return on equity of 13.42% beat Home Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Home Bancorp18.55% 9.58% 1.07%
FS Bancorp 18.28%13.42%1.26%

In the previous week, FS Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Home Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for FS Bancorp and 1 mentions for Home Bancorp. FS Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Home Bancorp's score of -0.13 indicating that FS Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Home Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FS Bancorp. FS Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Home Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Home Bancorp$178.30M2.18$40.24M$4.5110.66
FS Bancorp$187.68M1.92$36.05M$4.719.76

Home Bancorp received 22 more outperform votes than FS Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.25% of users gave FS Bancorp an outperform vote while only 58.06% of users gave Home Bancorp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Home BancorpOutperform Votes
252
58.06%
Underperform Votes
182
41.94%
FS BancorpOutperform Votes
230
64.25%
Underperform Votes
128
35.75%

49.4% of Home Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.9% of FS Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of Home Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of FS Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Home Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $49.17, indicating a potential upside of 2.26%. FS Bancorp has a consensus price target of $44.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.33%. Given Home Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Home Bancorp is more favorable than FS Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Home Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
FS Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

FS Bancorp beats Home Bancorp on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FSBW vs. The Competition

MetricFS BancorpSavings institutions, except federal IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$355.29M$459.87M$10.42B$8.89B
Dividend Yield2.38%2.09%10.14%4.06%
P/E Ratio9.7616.2845.8613.30
Price / Sales1.922.843,479.1581.01
Price / Cash6.9721.8130.6936.03
Price / Book1.241.003.775.74
Net Income$36.05M$13.66M$1.02B$225.93M
7 Day Performance-1.37%-0.89%-0.05%-1.32%
1 Month Performance7.68%4.77%7.13%0.60%
1 Year Performance48.31%27.83%24.11%26.23%

FS Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FSBW
FS Bancorp
2.2273 of 5 stars
$46.52
+1.2%
$44.00
-5.4%
+47.6%$363.79M$187.68M9.88540
HBCP
Home Bancorp
1.9796 of 5 stars
$49.07
+2.1%
$49.17
+0.2%
+28.2%$396.49M$178.30M10.66440
PCSB
PCSB Financial
N/A$19.04
-1.1%
N/A+0.0%$291.96M$62.50M17.00153High Trading Volume
TSBK
Timberland Bancorp
3.9253 of 5 stars
$32.62
+0.7%
N/A+9.8%$259.98M$105.96M10.79300Positive News
ESSA
ESSA Bancorp
1.8801 of 5 stars
$20.17
+0.4%
N/A+21.8%$204.32M$111.66M11.29250
GCBC
Greene County Bancorp
1.9974 of 5 stars
$31.41
+0.6%
N/A+17.6%$534.91M$117.57M21.53210
BY
Byline Bancorp
2.6999 of 5 stars
$31.34
+1.3%
$29.88
-4.7%
+48.7%$1.39B$535.79M11.251,055
CMPO
CompoSecure
0.7504 of 5 stars
$15.54
+0.9%
$15.79
+1.6%
+188.4%$1.37B$390.63M0.00720
BTDR
Bitdeer Technologies Group
3.07 of 5 stars
$11.60
-2.4%
$14.80
+27.6%
+149.8%$1.30B$368.55M-22.38211Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
FBMS
First Bancshares
2.0871 of 5 stars
$36.77
+2.5%
$35.50
-3.5%
+34.8%$1.15B$387.64M14.301,078Analyst Forecast
Positive News
SII
Sprott
2.1857 of 5 stars
$44.09
+0.1%
N/A+45.8%$1.14B$169.02M24.21170Ex-Dividend
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:FSBW) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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