FSEA vs. BCBP, WNEB, FGBI, BVFL, CZWI, FSFG, FNWD, SFBC, HMNF, and FCAP
Should you be buying First Seacoast Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Seacoast Bancorp include BCB Bancorp (BCBP), Western New England Bancorp (WNEB), First Guaranty Bancshares (FGBI), BV Financial (BVFL), Citizens Community Bancorp (CZWI), First Savings Financial Group (FSFG), Finward Bancorp (FNWD), Sound Financial Bancorp (SFBC), HMN Financial (HMNF), and First Capital (FCAP). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
BCB Bancorp (NASDAQ:BCBP) and First Seacoast Bancorp (NASDAQ:FSEA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.
BCB Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than First Seacoast Bancorp. First Seacoast Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BCB Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BCB Bancorp has a net margin of 13.41% compared to BCB Bancorp's net margin of -64.07%. First Seacoast Bancorp's return on equity of 9.71% beat BCB Bancorp's return on equity.
BCB Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $12.75, suggesting a potential upside of 27.50%. Given First Seacoast Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe BCB Bancorp is more favorable than First Seacoast Bancorp.
36.0% of BCB Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.4% of First Seacoast Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.9% of BCB Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of First Seacoast Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
BCB Bancorp has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Seacoast Bancorp has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, BCB Bancorp had 11 more articles in the media than First Seacoast Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for BCB Bancorp and 1 mentions for First Seacoast Bancorp. BCB Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat First Seacoast Bancorp's score of 1.41 indicating that First Seacoast Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BCB Bancorp received 133 more outperform votes than First Seacoast Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.49% of users gave BCB Bancorp an outperform vote while only 38.10% of users gave First Seacoast Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
BCB Bancorp beats First Seacoast Bancorp on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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