PROV vs. RVSB, HMNF, LSBK, SFBC, PBBI, HBCP, WSBF, FFNW, OCN, and ESSA
Should you be buying Provident Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Provident Financial include Riverview Bancorp (RVSB), HMN Financial (HMNF), Lake Shore Bancorp (LSBK), Sound Financial Bancorp (SFBC), PB Bancorp (PBBI), Home Bancorp (HBCP), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), First Financial Northwest (FFNW), Ocwen Financial (OCN), and ESSA Bancorp (ESSA). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Provident Financial (NASDAQ:PROV) and Riverview Bancorp (NASDAQ:RVSB) 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, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.
Provident Financial has a net margin of 12.57% compared to Riverview Bancorp's net margin of 5.69%. Provident Financial's return on equity of 5.56% beat Riverview Bancorp's return on equity.
Provident Financial has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Riverview Bancorp has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Provident Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Riverview Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Provident Financial pays out 53.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Riverview Bancorp pays out 133.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
71.3% of Provident Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.6% of Riverview Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.1% of Provident Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of Riverview Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Provident Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Riverview Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Provident Financial and 5 mentions for Riverview Bancorp. Riverview Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Provident Financial's score of 0.45 indicating that Riverview Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Provident Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Riverview Bancorp. Provident Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Riverview Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Provident Financial presently has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.15%. Given Provident Financial's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Provident Financial is more favorable than Riverview Bancorp.
Riverview Bancorp received 43 more outperform votes than Provident Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.25% of users gave Riverview Bancorp an outperform vote while only 45.78% of users gave Provident Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Provident Financial beats Riverview Bancorp on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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