PBBK vs. ECBK, AFBI, RBKB, SRBK, WMPN, BSBK, FNWB, CULL, BCOW, and TCBS
Should you be buying PB Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PB Bankshares include ECB Bancorp (ECBK), Affinity Bancshares (AFBI), Rhinebeck Bancorp (RBKB), SR Bancorp (SRBK), William Penn Bancorporation (WMPN), Bogota Financial (BSBK), First Northwest Bancorp (FNWB), Cullman Bancorp (CULL), 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin (BCOW), and Texas Community Bancshares (TCBS). These companies are all part of the "savings institutions, except federal" industry.
PB Bankshares vs.
PB Bankshares (NASDAQ:PBBK) and ECB Bancorp (NASDAQ:ECBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, ECB Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than PB Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ECB Bancorp and 1 mentions for PB Bankshares. ECB Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat PB Bankshares' score of 0.00 indicating that ECB Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ECB Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than PB Bankshares. PB Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ECB Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PB Bankshares has a net margin of 6.33% compared to ECB Bancorp's net margin of 5.85%. PB Bankshares' return on equity of 3.19% beat ECB Bancorp's return on equity.
PB Bankshares has a beta of 0.12, indicating that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ECB Bancorp has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
16.0% of PB Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.3% of ECB Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 12.2% of PB Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of ECB Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
PB Bankshares and ECB Bancorp both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.
Summary
ECB Bancorp beats PB Bankshares on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PBBK) was last updated on 3/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
