SBT vs. CFFN, HTBI, NFBK, KRNY, NRIM, FMAO, PDLB, WSBF, BVFL, and BCBP
Should you be buying Sterling Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sterling Bancorp include Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), HomeTrust Bancshares (HTBI), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Northrim BanCorp (NRIM), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO), Ponce Financial Group (PDLB), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), BV Financial (BVFL), and BCB Bancorp (BCBP). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
Sterling Bancorp vs.
Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ:CFFN) and Sterling Bancorp (NASDAQ:SBT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
Capitol Federal Financial has a net margin of 9.95% compared to Sterling Bancorp's net margin of 4.45%. Capitol Federal Financial's return on equity of 4.69% beat Sterling Bancorp's return on equity.
Capitol Federal Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Sterling Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Capitol Federal Financial pays out 117.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sterling Bancorp pays out 30.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Capitol Federal Financial received 83 more outperform votes than Sterling Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.57% of users gave Sterling Bancorp an outperform vote while only 53.70% of users gave Capitol Federal Financial an outperform vote.
Capitol Federal Financial has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sterling Bancorp has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Capitol Federal Financial currently has a consensus price target of $6.75, suggesting a potential upside of 14.60%. Given Capitol Federal Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Capitol Federal Financial is more favorable than Sterling Bancorp.
Capitol Federal Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Sterling Bancorp. Capitol Federal Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sterling Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Capitol Federal Financial had 7 more articles in the media than Sterling Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Capitol Federal Financial and 0 mentions for Sterling Bancorp. Capitol Federal Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Sterling Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Capitol Federal Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
88.5% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.4% of Sterling Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Sterling Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Capitol Federal Financial beats Sterling Bancorp on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SBT) was last updated on 1/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff