NB Bancorp (NBBK) Competitors

NB Bancorp (NASDAQ:NBBK) and First Hawaiian (NASDAQ:FHB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Do analysts recommend NBBK or FHB?

NB Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.08%. First Hawaiian has a consensus target price of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.39%. Given First Hawaiian's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Hawaiian is more favorable than NB Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NB Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
First Hawaiian	3 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.57

Which has more risk and volatility, NBBK or FHB?

NB Bancorp has a beta of 0.16, meaning that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Hawaiian has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, NBBK or FHB?

First Hawaiian has higher revenue and earnings than NB Bancorp. First Hawaiian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NB 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
NB Bancorp	$172.73M	4.55	$42.15M	$1.07	17.56
First Hawaiian	$774.71M	3.96	$230.13M	$1.79	13.57

Is NBBK or FHB more profitable?

First Hawaiian has a net margin of 19.74% compared to NB Bancorp's net margin of 13.86%. First Hawaiian's return on equity of 8.91% beat NB Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NB Bancorp	13.86%	6.04%	0.93%
First Hawaiian	19.74%	8.91%	0.96%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NBBK or FHB?

First Hawaiian received 277 more outperform votes than NB Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave NB Bancorp an outperform vote while only 49.91% of users gave First Hawaiian an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NB Bancorp	Outperform Votes 3 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
First Hawaiian	Outperform Votes 280 49.91%	Underperform Votes 281 50.09%

Does the media prefer NBBK or FHB?

In the previous week, First Hawaiian had 1 more articles in the media than NB Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for First Hawaiian and 1 mentions for NB Bancorp. NB Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat First Hawaiian's score of 1.08 indicating that NB Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
NB Bancorp	Very Positive
First Hawaiian	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NBBK or FHB?

97.6% of First Hawaiian shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of NB Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of First Hawaiian shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

First Hawaiian beats NB Bancorp on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.