PROV vs. HBCP, WSBF, ESSA, FFNW, HMST, TBNK, ROMA, MTG, RDN, and SMPL
Should you be buying Provident Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Provident Financial include Home Bancorp (HBCP), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), First Financial Northwest (FFNW), HomeStreet (HMST), Territorial Bancorp (TBNK), Roma Green Finance (ROMA), MGIC Investment (MTG), Radian Group (RDN), and Simply Good Foods (SMPL). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Provident Financial vs.
Provident Financial (NASDAQ:PROV) and Home Bancorp (NASDAQ:HBCP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
In the previous week, Provident Financial and Provident Financial both had 3 articles in the media. Home Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Provident Financial's score of -0.11 indicating that Home Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Home Bancorp has a net margin of 18.27% compared to Provident Financial's net margin of 10.39%. Home Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat Provident Financial's return on equity.
Provident Financial has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Home Bancorp has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
71.3% of Provident Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of Home Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.4% of Provident Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Home Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Home Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Provident Financial. Home Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Provident Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Home Bancorp received 24 more outperform votes than Provident Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.28% of users gave Home Bancorp an outperform vote while only 42.91% of users gave Provident Financial an outperform vote.
Provident Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Home Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Provident Financial pays out 61.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Home Bancorp pays out 23.7% 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.
Provident Financial presently has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.49%. Home Bancorp has a consensus target price of $54.83, indicating a potential upside of 23.32%. Given Home Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Home Bancorp is more favorable than Provident Financial.
Summary
Home Bancorp beats Provident Financial on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PROV) was last updated on 3/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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