SBT vs. CFFN, HTBI, NFBK, NRIM, KRNY, FMAO, PDLB, WSBF, WNEB, and BVFL
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), Northrim BanCorp (NRIM), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO), Ponce Financial Group (PDLB), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), Western New England Bancorp (WNEB), and BV Financial (BVFL). 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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.
Capitol Federal Financial has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sterling Bancorp has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
88.5% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.4% of Sterling Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Sterling Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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 and Capitol Federal Financial both had 1 articles in the media. Sterling Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Capitol Federal Financial's score of 1.54 indicating that Sterling Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Capitol Federal Financial currently has a consensus price target of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.91%. Given Capitol Federal Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Capitol Federal Financial is more favorable than Sterling Bancorp.
Capitol Federal Financial has a net margin of 12.67% compared to Sterling Bancorp's net margin of 1.57%. Capitol Federal Financial's return on equity of 4.96% 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 6.1%. Sterling Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Capitol Federal Financial pays out 87.2% 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 80.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
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 53.58% of users gave Capitol Federal Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Capitol Federal Financial beats Sterling Bancorp on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SBT) was last updated on 3/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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