NFBK vs. KRNY, HTBI, FMAO, WSBF, PFC, AGM, NWBI, DCOM, BHLB, and OCFC
Should you be buying Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) include Kearny Financial (KRNY), HomeTrust Bancshares (HTBI), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), Premier Financial (PFC), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), and OceanFirst Financial (OCFC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) vs.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NASDAQ:NFBK) and Kearny Financial (NASDAQ:KRNY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kearny Financial has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) has a net margin of 10.94% compared to Kearny Financial's net margin of -27.43%. Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s return on equity of 4.05% beat Kearny Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) had 2 more articles in the media than Kearny Financial. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) and 0 mentions for Kearny Financial. Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Kearny Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) is being referred to more favorably in the media.
65.5% of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Kearny Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Kearny Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Kearny Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) pays out 81.2% 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. Kearny Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) received 19 more outperform votes than Kearny Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.80% of users gave Kearny Financial an outperform vote while only 55.11% of users gave Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) an outperform vote.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kearny Financial. Kearny Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) currently has a consensus price target of $11.13, indicating a potential downside of 19.27%. Kearny Financial has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential downside of 15.36%. Given Kearny Financial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kearny Financial is more favorable than Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY).
Summary
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) beats Kearny Financial on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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