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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Heritage Financial beats Provident Bancorp on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PVBC) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff