KRNY vs. NWBI, DCOM, BHLB, OCFC, BRKL, CFFN, TRST, HIFS, NFBK, and TREE
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), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), and LendingTree (TREE). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Kearny Financial vs.
Northwest Bancshares (NASDAQ:NWBI) and Kearny Financial (NASDAQ:KRNY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and community ranking.
In the previous week, Northwest Bancshares had 9 more articles in the media than Kearny Financial. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Northwest Bancshares and 0 mentions for Kearny Financial. Kearny Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Northwest Bancshares' score of 0.13 indicating that Kearny Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Northwest Bancshares has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kearny Financial has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Northwest Bancshares received 72 more outperform votes than Kearny Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.20% of users gave Northwest Bancshares an outperform vote while only 55.80% of users gave Kearny Financial an outperform vote.
Northwest Bancshares has a net margin of 13.19% compared to Kearny Financial's net margin of -27.43%. Northwest Bancshares' return on equity of 8.24% beat Kearny Financial's return on equity.
Northwest Bancshares presently has a consensus target price of $12.50, indicating a potential downside of 6.37%. Kearny Financial has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.66%. Given Kearny Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kearny Financial is more favorable than Northwest Bancshares.
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.
66.3% of Northwest Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Kearny Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Northwest Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Kearny Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Northwest Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Kearny Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Northwest Bancshares pays out 105.3% 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 pays out -30.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Northwest Bancshares beats Kearny Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:KRNY) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
