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Provident Bancorp (PVBC) Competitors

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$12.25 -0.17 (-1.37%)
Closing price 02/21/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$12.27 +0.02 (+0.16%)
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PVBC vs. HFWA, NBBK, SMBC, HIFS, TCBX, GCBC, HBCP, NECB, PBFS, and FSBW

Should you be buying Provident Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Provident Bancorp include Heritage Financial (HFWA), NB Bancorp (NBBK), Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), Third Coast Bancshares (TCBX), Greene County Bancorp (GCBC), Home Bancorp (HBCP), Northeast Community Bancorp (NECB), Pioneer Bancorp (PBFS), and FS Bancorp (FSBW). These companies are all part of the "savings institutions, except federal" industry.

Provident Bancorp vs.

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

Heritage Financial currently has a consensus target price of $25.67, indicating a potential upside of 6.28%. Provident Bancorp has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.04%. Given Heritage Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Heritage Financial is more favorable than Provident Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Heritage Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Provident Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Heritage Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Provident Bancorp. Heritage Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Provident Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Heritage Financial$317.18M2.60$43.26M$1.2419.48
Provident Bancorp$95.37M2.28$7.27M$0.4328.49

Heritage Financial received 235 more outperform votes than Provident Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.96% of users gave Heritage Financial an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Provident Bancorp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Heritage FinancialOutperform Votes
335
57.96%
Underperform Votes
243
42.04%
Provident BancorpOutperform Votes
100
57.14%
Underperform Votes
75
42.86%

78.3% of Heritage Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.6% of Provident Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Heritage Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Provident Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Heritage Financial has a net margin of 13.64% compared to Provident Bancorp's net margin of 7.62%. Heritage Financial's return on equity of 7.17% beat Provident Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Heritage Financial13.64% 7.17% 0.87%
Provident Bancorp 7.62%3.22%0.44%

Heritage Financial has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Provident Bancorp has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Heritage Financial and Heritage Financial both had 1 articles in the media. Heritage Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Provident Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Heritage Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Heritage Financial
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Provident Bancorp
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Heritage Financial beats Provident Bancorp on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PVBC vs. The Competition

MetricProvident BancorpSavings institutions, except federal IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$220.21M$466.19M$11.72B$9.15B
Dividend YieldN/A2.19%5.37%3.85%
P/E Ratio28.4921.6724.0519.00
Price / Sales2.282.3826.4376.30
Price / Cash17.9921.3817.9134.83
Price / Book0.980.962.594.62
Net Income$7.27M-$21.83M$1.03B$245.85M
7 Day Performance-2.78%-1.85%-1.41%-2.68%
1 Month Performance12.28%2.66%0.68%-2.19%
1 Year Performance22.26%17.07%14.93%12.84%

Provident Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PVBC
Provident Bancorp
0.875 of 5 stars
$12.25
-1.4%
$12.00
-2.0%
+19.3%$220.21M$95.37M28.49N/A
HFWA
Heritage Financial
4.1659 of 5 stars
$24.25
-0.9%
$25.67
+5.8%
+30.5%$828.14M$317.18M19.56830Positive News
NBBK
NB Bancorp
3.3621 of 5 stars
$19.28
-0.2%
$22.00
+14.1%
+34.6%$823.45M$304.05M18.02342
SMBC
Southern Missouri Bancorp
4.4479 of 5 stars
$60.08
-0.7%
$70.00
+16.5%
+34.1%$677.70M$273.22M13.12540Positive News
HIFS
Hingham Institution for Savings
0.453 of 5 stars
$275.53
-0.7%
N/A+59.8%$592.39M$217.38M21.4887Analyst Upgrade
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TCBX
Third Coast Bancshares
2.5996 of 5 stars
$38.05
+0.6%
$37.25
-2.1%
+85.9%$520.49M$170.48M13.74330Positive News
GCBC
Greene County Bancorp
2.4314 of 5 stars
$27.40
+2.3%
N/A-5.4%$466.62M$117.57M17.68210
HBCP
Home Bancorp
3.3477 of 5 stars
$49.48
-0.7%
$52.25
+5.6%
+29.1%$399.80M$199.39M10.87440Analyst Forecast
NECB
Northeast Community Bancorp
1.7569 of 5 stars
$23.81
-1.8%
N/A+41.8%$333.82M$162.80M6.65130
PBFS
Pioneer Bancorp
0.4046 of 5 stars
$11.87
-1.0%
N/A+27.6%$308.26M$104.65M16.26260
FSBW
FS Bancorp
4.284 of 5 stars
$39.04
flat
$44.00
+12.7%
+13.2%$305.29M$206.39M8.87540Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:PVBC) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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