PB Bankshares (PBBK) Competitors

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

Is PBBK or ECBK more profitable?

PB Bankshares has a net margin of 6.33% compared to ECB Bancorp's net margin of 5.11%. PB Bankshares' return on equity of 3.19% beat ECB Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PB Bankshares	6.33%	3.19%	0.33%
ECB Bancorp	5.11%	2.01%	0.25%

Does the media prefer PBBK or ECBK?

In the previous week, ECB Bancorp had 8 more articles in the media than PB Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for ECB Bancorp and 3 mentions for PB Bankshares. PB Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat ECB Bancorp's score of -0.05 indicating that PB Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PB Bankshares	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ECB Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PBBK or ECBK?

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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PBBK or ECBK?

PB Bankshares and ECB Bancorp both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PB Bankshares	N/A	N/A
ECB Bancorp	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, PBBK or ECBK?

PB Bankshares has a beta of 0.13, indicating that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ECB Bancorp has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, PBBK or ECBK?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PB Bankshares	$20.62M	1.83	$1.92M	$0.64	23.14
ECB Bancorp	$55.83M	2.23	$4.46M	$0.39	35.03

Summary

ECB Bancorp beats PB Bankshares on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.