FS Bancorp (FSBW) Competitors $46.52 +0.53 (+1.15%) (As of 02:00 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends FSBW vs. HBCP, PCSB, TSBK, ESSA, GCBC, BY, CMPO, BTDR, FBMS, and SIIShould 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 PCSB Financial Timberland Bancorp ESSA Bancorp Greene County Bancorp Byline Bancorp CompoSecure Bitdeer Technologies Group First Bancshares Sprott 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. Which has more volatility and risk, HBCP or FSBW? 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. Is HBCP or FSBW a better dividend stock? 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. Is HBCP or FSBW more profitable? 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% Does the media prefer HBCP or FSBW? 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 Which has preferable earnings and valuation, HBCP or FSBW? 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 RatioHome Bancorp$178.30M2.18$40.24M$4.5110.66FS Bancorp$187.68M1.92$36.05M$4.719.76 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HBCP or FSBW? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformHome BancorpOutperform Votes25258.06% Underperform Votes18241.94% FS BancorpOutperform Votes23064.25% Underperform Votes12835.75% Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HBCP or FSBW? 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. Do analysts rate HBCP or FSBW? 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) 2.33FS Bancorp 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 SummaryFS Bancorp beats Home Bancorp on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart FSBW vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricFS BancorpSavings institutions, except federal IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$355.29M$459.87M$10.42B$8.89BDividend Yield2.38%2.09%10.14%4.06%P/E Ratio9.7616.2845.8613.30Price / Sales1.922.843,479.1581.01Price / Cash6.9721.8130.6936.03Price / Book1.241.003.775.74Net Income$36.05M$13.66M$1.02B$225.93M7 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 Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)FSBWFS Bancorp2.2273 of 5 stars$46.52+1.2%$44.00-5.4%+47.6%$363.79M$187.68M9.88540HBCPHome Bancorp1.9796 of 5 stars$49.07+2.1%$49.17+0.2%+28.2%$396.49M$178.30M10.66440PCSBPCSB FinancialN/A$19.04-1.1%N/A+0.0%$291.96M$62.50M17.00153High Trading VolumeTSBKTimberland Bancorp3.9253 of 5 stars$32.62+0.7%N/A+9.8%$259.98M$105.96M10.79300Positive NewsESSAESSA Bancorp1.8801 of 5 stars$20.17+0.4%N/A+21.8%$204.32M$111.66M11.29250GCBCGreene County Bancorp1.9974 of 5 stars$31.41+0.6%N/A+17.6%$534.91M$117.57M21.53210BYByline Bancorp2.6999 of 5 stars$31.34+1.3%$29.88-4.7%+48.7%$1.39B$535.79M11.251,055CMPOCompoSecure0.7504 of 5 stars$15.54+0.9%$15.79+1.6%+188.4%$1.37B$390.63M0.00720BTDRBitdeer Technologies Group3.07 of 5 stars$11.60-2.4%$14.80+27.6%+149.8%$1.30B$368.55M-22.38211Analyst ForecastOptions VolumeNews CoverageGap UpHigh Trading VolumeFBMSFirst Bancshares2.0871 of 5 stars$36.77+2.5%$35.50-3.5%+34.8%$1.15B$387.64M14.301,078Analyst ForecastPositive NewsSIISprott2.1857 of 5 stars$44.09+0.1%N/A+45.8%$1.14B$169.02M24.21170Ex-DividendPositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Home Bancorp Competitors PCSB Financial Competitors Timberland Bancorp Competitors ESSA Bancorp Competitors Greene County Bancorp Competitors Byline Bancorp Competitors CompoSecure Competitors Bitdeer Technologies Group Competitors First Bancshares Competitors Sprott Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:FSBW) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThe Crypto That’s Making Wall Street SweatThe Crypto Wall Street Is Desperate to Hide It's happening now, right under everyone's radar. 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