Magyar Bancorp (MGYR) Competitors

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

Is CWBC or MGYR a better dividend stock?

Community West Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Magyar Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Community West Bancshares pays out 92.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Magyar Bancorp pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CWBC or MGYR?

Magyar Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Community West Bancshares. Magyar Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Community West Bancshares, 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
Community West Bancshares	$46.27M	7.59	$7.67M	$0.52	35.46
Magyar Bancorp	$32.13M	2.82	$7.78M	$1.31	10.69

Do analysts recommend CWBC or MGYR?

Community West Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $23.33, suggesting a potential upside of 26.54%. Given Community West Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Community West Bancshares is more favorable than Magyar Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Community West Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Magyar Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is CWBC or MGYR more profitable?

Magyar Bancorp has a net margin of 15.25% compared to Community West Bancshares' net margin of 4.59%. Community West Bancshares' return on equity of 7.90% beat Magyar Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Community West Bancshares	4.59%	7.90%	0.78%
Magyar Bancorp	15.25%	7.49%	0.86%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CWBC or MGYR?

Community West Bancshares received 81 more outperform votes than Magyar Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.82% of users gave Magyar Bancorp an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave Community West Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Community West Bancshares	Outperform Votes 140 59.57%	Underperform Votes 95 40.43%
Magyar Bancorp	Outperform Votes 59 60.82%	Underperform Votes 38 39.18%

Does the media prefer CWBC or MGYR?

In the previous week, Magyar Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Community West Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Magyar Bancorp and 1 mentions for Community West Bancshares. Magyar Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Community West Bancshares' score of 0.93 indicating that Magyar Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Community West Bancshares	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Magyar Bancorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, CWBC or MGYR?

Community West Bancshares has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Magyar Bancorp has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CWBC or MGYR?

33.8% of Community West Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.3% of Magyar Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.2% of Community West Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Magyar Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Community West Bancshares beats Magyar Bancorp on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.