Northeast Community Bancorp (NECB) Competitors

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

Is BY or NECB a better dividend stock?

Byline Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Northeast Community Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Byline Bancorp pays out 14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northeast Community Bancorp pays out 16.8% 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.

Is BY or NECB more profitable?

Northeast Community Bancorp has a net margin of 29.36% compared to Byline Bancorp's net margin of 19.33%. Northeast Community Bancorp's return on equity of 15.96% beat Byline Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Byline Bancorp	19.33%	11.61%	1.28%
Northeast Community Bancorp	29.36%	15.96%	2.49%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BY or NECB?

Byline Bancorp received 91 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 59.39% of users gave Byline Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Byline Bancorp	Outperform Votes 174 59.39%	Underperform Votes 119 40.61%
Northeast Community Bancorp	Outperform Votes 83 63.36%	Underperform Votes 48 36.64%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BY or NECB?

Byline Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Northeast Community Bancorp. Northeast Community Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Byline 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
Byline Bancorp	$624.78M	2.05	$120.76M	$2.76	10.47
Northeast Community Bancorp	$162.80M	1.99	$47.79M	$3.58	6.46

Does the media refer more to BY or NECB?

In the previous week, Northeast Community Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Byline Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Northeast Community Bancorp and 0 mentions for Byline Bancorp. Byline Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Northeast Community Bancorp'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Byline Bancorp	Neutral
Northeast Community Bancorp	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of BY or NECB?

67.7% of Byline Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.3% of Northeast Community Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.1% of Byline Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Northeast Community Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, BY or NECB?

Byline Bancorp has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northeast Community Bancorp has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer BY or NECB?

Byline Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $33.75, indicating a potential upside of 16.80%. Given Byline Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Byline Bancorp is more favorable than Northeast Community Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Byline Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Northeast Community Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Byline Bancorp beats Northeast Community Bancorp on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.