Northeast Community Bancorp (NECB) Competitors

Veritex (NASDAQ:VBTX) and Northeast Community Bancorp (NASDAQ:NECB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Is VBTX or NECB a better dividend stock?

Veritex pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Northeast Community Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Veritex pays out 41.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northeast Community Bancorp pays out 22.3% 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.

Which has better valuation & earnings, VBTX or NECB?

Veritex has higher revenue and earnings than Northeast Community Bancorp. Northeast Community Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Veritex, 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
Veritex	$425.65M	2.79	$107.24M	$1.95	11.17
Northeast Community Bancorp	$102.62M	3.02	$47.79M	$3.58	6.17

Do analysts rate VBTX or NECB?

Veritex currently has a consensus target price of $30.90, suggesting a potential upside of 41.81%. Given Veritex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Veritex is more favorable than Northeast Community Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Veritex	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Northeast Community Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in VBTX or NECB?

88.3% of Veritex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.3% of Northeast Community Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Veritex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Northeast Community Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, VBTX or NECB?

Veritex has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northeast Community Bancorp has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer VBTX or NECB?

In the previous week, Veritex had 7 more articles in the media than Northeast Community Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Veritex and 3 mentions for Northeast Community Bancorp. Veritex's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Northeast Community Bancorp's score of 0.94 indicating that Veritex is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Veritex	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Northeast Community Bancorp	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VBTX or NECB?

Veritex received 157 more outperform votes than Northeast Community Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.36% of users gave Northeast Community Bancorp an outperform vote while only 51.39% of users gave Veritex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Veritex	Outperform Votes 240 51.39%	Underperform Votes 227 48.61%
Northeast Community Bancorp	Outperform Votes 83 63.36%	Underperform Votes 48 36.64%

Is VBTX or NECB more profitable?

Northeast Community Bancorp has a net margin of 29.36% compared to Veritex's net margin of 13.44%. Northeast Community Bancorp's return on equity of 15.96% beat Veritex's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Veritex	13.44%	7.59%	0.93%
Northeast Community Bancorp	29.36%	15.96%	2.49%

Summary

Veritex beats Northeast Community Bancorp on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.