SBT vs. CFFN, HTBI, NFBK, KRNY, NRIM, FMAO, PDLB, WSBF, BCBP, 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), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Northrim BanCorp (NRIM), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO), Ponce Financial Group (PDLB), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), BCB Bancorp (BCBP), and BV Financial (BVFL). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
Sterling Bancorp vs.
Sterling Bancorp (NASDAQ:SBT) and Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ:CFFN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, Capitol Federal Financial had 13 more articles in the media than Sterling Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Capitol Federal Financial and 4 mentions for Sterling Bancorp. Capitol Federal Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Sterling Bancorp's score of 0.34 indicating that Capitol Federal Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
26.4% of Sterling Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Sterling Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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.
Sterling Bancorp has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capitol Federal Financial has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Capitol Federal Financial has a consensus target price of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.91%. Given Capitol Federal Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Capitol Federal Financial is more favorable than Sterling Bancorp.
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 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SBT) was last updated on 2/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
