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Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (HFBL) Competitors

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$12.16
-0.43 (-3.42%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

HFBL vs. KFFB, BYFC, MGYR, UBFO, MRBK, CZWI, CBFV, RMBI, PEBK, and SFBC

Should you be buying Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana include Kentucky First Federal Bancorp (KFFB), Broadway Financial (BYFC), Magyar Bancorp (MGYR), United Security Bancshares (UBFO), Meridian (MRBK), Citizens Community Bancorp (CZWI), CB Financial Services (CBFV), Richmond Mutual Bancorporation (RMBI), Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (PEBK), and Sound Financial Bancorp (SFBC). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana vs.

Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (NASDAQ:HFBL) and Kentucky First Federal Bancorp (NASDAQ:KFFB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana had 3 more articles in the media than Kentucky First Federal Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana and 1 mentions for Kentucky First Federal Bancorp. Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Kentucky First Federal Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Kentucky First Federal Bancorp
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana has a net margin of 10.05% compared to Kentucky First Federal Bancorp's net margin of -10.41%. Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana's return on equity of 6.29% beat Kentucky First Federal Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana10.05% 6.29% 0.51%
Kentucky First Federal Bancorp -10.41%-1.58%-0.21%

Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana has higher revenue and earnings than Kentucky First Federal Bancorp. Kentucky First Federal Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana$19.42M1.96$3.59M$1.0911.16
Kentucky First Federal Bancorp$16.53M1.36-$1.72M-$0.21-13.19

21.1% of Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.2% of Kentucky First Federal Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 25.6% of Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Kentucky First Federal Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana received 19 more outperform votes than Kentucky First Federal Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.31% of users gave Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Kentucky First Federal Bancorp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of LouisianaOutperform Votes
103
61.31%
Underperform Votes
65
38.69%
Kentucky First Federal BancorpOutperform Votes
84
60.00%
Underperform Votes
56
40.00%

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Kentucky First Federal Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kentucky First Federal Bancorp has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana beats Kentucky First Federal Bancorp on 15 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HFBL vs. The Competition

MetricHome Federal Bancorp, Inc. of LouisianaFederal savings institutions IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$38.08M$1.73B$10.43B$8.53B
Dividend Yield4.13%3.30%10.18%4.14%
P/E Ratio11.1614.1743.2115.14
Price / Sales1.962.403,384.72100.10
Price / Cash10.5918.0630.0534.08
Price / Book0.730.973.965.02
Net Income$3.59M$353.85M$992.99M$225.46M
7 Day Performance-3.25%0.42%-0.35%0.37%
1 Month Performance-6.32%2.01%0.25%3.57%
1 Year Performance0.75%20.40%22.75%29.43%

Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HFBL
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana
4.0979 of 5 stars
$12.16
-3.4%
N/A-3.5%$38.08M$19.42M11.1670News Coverage
Gap Down
KFFB
Kentucky First Federal Bancorp
0.1969 of 5 stars
$3.03
-4.1%
N/A-37.8%$24.54M$7.25M-14.4360Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
BYFC
Broadway Financial
1.743 of 5 stars
$6.56
-0.5%
N/A+11.7%$59.90M$34.75M19.8880Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
MGYR
Magyar Bancorp
3.6673 of 5 stars
$12.37
flat
N/A+34.7%$81.54M$30.38M10.5790News Coverage
Positive News
UBFO
United Security Bancshares
N/A$8.87
+0.3%
N/A+14.7%$153.58M$52.72M8.70120Positive News
MRBK
Meridian
4.7921 of 5 stars
$13.62
+3.3%
$13.00
-4.6%
+38.4%$147.61M$168.55M13.49410Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
High Trading Volume
CZWI
Citizens Community Bancorp
3.5862 of 5 stars
$14.18
+0.4%
N/A+53.0%$147.56M$57.49M10.66220Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
CBFV
CB Financial Services
2.8237 of 5 stars
$28.48
-0.1%
$24.67
-13.4%
+36.3%$146.44M$39.89M6.52200Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
RMBI
Richmond Mutual Bancorporation
2.0283 of 5 stars
$12.98
-0.2%
N/A+32.5%$142.65M$72.02M15.09180
PEBK
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina
3.5597 of 5 stars
$25.64
+0.9%
N/A+12.5%$139.99M$94.78M8.69310
SFBC
Sound Financial Bancorp
2.7049 of 5 stars
$54.02
-0.4%
N/A+52.4%$138.28M$55.62M35.30140Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:HFBL) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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