Kentucky First Federal Bancorp (KFFB) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, KFFB or MGYR?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kentucky First Federal Bancorp	$8.01M	2.99	-$1.72M	-$0.14	-21.14
Magyar Bancorp	$32.13M	2.82	$7.78M	$1.31	10.67

Does the media refer more to KFFB or MGYR?

In the previous week, Magyar Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Kentucky First Federal Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Magyar Bancorp and 2 mentions for Kentucky First Federal Bancorp. Kentucky First Federal Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Magyar Bancorp's score of 1.21 indicating that Kentucky First Federal Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kentucky First Federal Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Magyar Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is KFFB or MGYR more profitable?

Magyar Bancorp has a net margin of 15.25% compared to Kentucky First Federal Bancorp's net margin of -6.43%. Magyar Bancorp's return on equity of 7.49% beat Kentucky First Federal Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kentucky First Federal Bancorp	-6.43%	-0.49%	-0.06%
Magyar Bancorp	15.25%	7.49%	0.86%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in KFFB or MGYR?

3.2% of Kentucky First Federal Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.3% of Magyar Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of Kentucky First Federal Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Magyar Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is KFFB or MGYR a better dividend stock?

Kentucky First Federal Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.5%. Magyar Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Kentucky First Federal Bancorp pays out -285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Magyar Bancorp pays out 18.3% 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. Kentucky First Federal Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KFFB or MGYR?

Kentucky First Federal Bancorp received 25 more outperform votes than Magyar Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.82% of users gave Magyar Bancorp an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Kentucky First Federal Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kentucky First Federal Bancorp	Outperform Votes 84 60.00%	Underperform Votes 56 40.00%
Magyar Bancorp	Outperform Votes 59 60.82%	Underperform Votes 38 39.18%

Which has more risk and volatility, KFFB or MGYR?

Kentucky First Federal Bancorp has a beta of 0.15, suggesting that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Magyar Bancorp has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Magyar Bancorp beats Kentucky First Federal Bancorp on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.