Parke Bancorp (PKBK) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BCML or PKBK?

Parke Bancorp received 53 more outperform votes than BayCom when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.89% of users gave Parke Bancorp an outperform vote while only 55.26% of users gave BayCom an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BayCom	Outperform Votes 84 55.26%	Underperform Votes 68 44.74%
Parke Bancorp	Outperform Votes 137 60.89%	Underperform Votes 88 39.11%

Do analysts prefer BCML or PKBK?

BayCom presently has a consensus price target of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.71%. Given BayCom's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BayCom is more favorable than Parke Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BayCom	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Parke Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media refer more to BCML or PKBK?

In the previous week, Parke Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than BayCom. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Parke Bancorp and 0 mentions for BayCom. Parke Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat BayCom's score of 0.60 indicating that Parke Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BayCom	Positive
Parke Bancorp	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BCML or PKBK?

66.2% of BayCom shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.7% of Parke Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.2% of BayCom shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of Parke Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, BCML or PKBK?

BayCom has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parke Bancorp has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, BCML or PKBK?

Parke Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than BayCom. Parke Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BayCom, 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
BayCom	$99.84M	2.73	$27.42M	$2.10	11.62
Parke Bancorp	$119.40M	2.13	$28.46M	$2.33	9.11

Is BCML or PKBK more profitable?

Parke Bancorp has a net margin of 22.32% compared to BayCom's net margin of 17.22%. Parke Bancorp's return on equity of 9.81% beat BayCom's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BayCom	17.22%	7.61%	0.93%
Parke Bancorp	22.32%	9.81%	1.40%

Is BCML or PKBK a better dividend stock?

BayCom pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Parke Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. BayCom pays out 19.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Parke Bancorp pays out 30.9% 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. Parke Bancorp has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years. Parke Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Parke Bancorp beats BayCom on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.