Provident Financial (PROV) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PBBI or PROV?

36.8% of PB Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Provident Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.9% of PB Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of Provident Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PBBI or PROV?

Provident Financial has higher revenue and earnings than PB Bancorp.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PB Bancorp	$21.31M	5.33	$4.31M	N/A	N/A
Provident Financial	$58.67M	1.81	$7.35M	$1.09	14.42

Do analysts rate PBBI or PROV?

Provident Financial has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.78%. Given Provident Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Provident Financial is more favorable than PB Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PB Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Provident Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk & volatility, PBBI or PROV?

PB Bancorp has a beta of 0.26, meaning that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Provident Financial has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to PBBI or PROV?

In the previous week, Provident Financial had 3 more articles in the media than PB Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Provident Financial and 0 mentions for PB Bancorp. Provident Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat PB Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Provident Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
PB Bancorp	Neutral
Provident Financial	Neutral

Is PBBI or PROV more profitable?

PB Bancorp has a net margin of 16.91% compared to Provident Financial's net margin of 12.58%. Provident Financial's return on equity of 5.78% beat PB Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PB Bancorp	16.91%	4.33%	0.69%
Provident Financial	12.58%	5.78%	0.58%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PBBI or PROV?

Provident Financial received 127 more outperform votes than PB Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.47% of users gave PB Bancorp an outperform vote while only 44.21% of users gave Provident Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PB Bancorp	Outperform Votes 106 63.47%	Underperform Votes 61 36.53%
Provident Financial	Outperform Votes 233 44.21%	Underperform Votes 294 55.79%

Is PBBI or PROV a better dividend stock?

PB Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Provident Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Provident Financial pays out 51.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Provident Financial beats PB Bancorp on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.