HFBL vs. KFFB, MSVB, CPBI, BYFC, CFSB, FSEA, NSTS, CLST, IROQ, and CARV 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), Mid-Southern Bancorp (MSVB), Central Plains Bancshares (CPBI), Broadway Financial (BYFC), CFSB Bancorp (CFSB), First Seacoast Bancorp (FSEA), NSTS Bancorp (NSTS), Catalyst Bancorp (CLST), IF Bancorp (IROQ), and Carver Bancorp (CARV). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
Kentucky First Federal Bancorp (NASDAQ:KFFB ) and Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (NASDAQ:HFBL ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.
Kentucky First Federal Bancorp has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana has a net margin of 12.62% compared to Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana's net margin of -3.85%. Kentucky First Federal Bancorp's return on equity of 8.17% beat Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana's return on equity.
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.
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.
3.2% of Kentucky First Federal Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.1% of Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Kentucky First Federal Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.8% of Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Kentucky First Federal Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Kentucky First Federal Bancorp and 0 mentions for Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana. Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Kentucky First Federal Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Kentucky First Federal Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana beats Kentucky First Federal Bancorp on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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