KRNY vs. NWBI, DCOM, BHLB, BRKL, OCFC, CFFN, TRST, HIFS, TREE, and NFBK
Should you be buying Kearny Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kearny Financial include Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), LendingTree (TREE), and Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Kearny Financial vs.
Kearny Financial (NASDAQ:KRNY) and Northwest Bancshares (NASDAQ:NWBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.
Kearny Financial presently has a consensus target price of $7.75, indicating a potential upside of 17.42%. Northwest Bancshares has a consensus target price of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 2.80%. Given Kearny Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Kearny Financial is more favorable than Northwest Bancshares.
Northwest Bancshares has a net margin of 13.26% compared to Kearny Financial's net margin of -20.05%. Northwest Bancshares' return on equity of 8.44% beat Kearny Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, Kearny Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Northwest Bancshares'average media sentiment score.
Northwest Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Kearny Financial. Kearny Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northwest Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kearny Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Northwest Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Kearny Financial pays out -38.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northwest Bancshares pays out 101.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kearny Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
71.0% of Kearny Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.3% of Northwest Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of Kearny Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Northwest Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kearny Financial has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northwest Bancshares has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Northwest Bancshares received 71 more outperform votes than Kearny Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.20% of users gave Northwest Bancshares an outperform vote while only 55.92% of users gave Kearny Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Northwest Bancshares beats Kearny Financial on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:KRNY) was last updated on 3/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
