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Sterling Bancorp (SBT) Competitors

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$4.76 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 01/3/2025 05:22 PM Eastern

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Capitol Federal Financial9.95% 4.69% 0.50%
Sterling Bancorp 4.45%1.83%0.25%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Capitol Federal FinancialOutperform Votes
247
53.70%
Underperform Votes
213
46.30%
Sterling BancorpOutperform Votes
164
63.57%
Underperform Votes
94
36.43%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Capitol Federal Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Sterling Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Capitol Federal Financial$164.59M4.75$38.01M$0.2920.31
Sterling Bancorp$59.26M4.20$7.41M$0.1336.62

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.

Company Overall Sentiment
Capitol Federal Financial Positive
Sterling Bancorp Neutral

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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SBT vs. The Competition

MetricSterling BancorpFederal savings institutions IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$249.01M$2.78B$11.44B$9.05B
Dividend YieldN/A3.23%5.71%4.19%
P/E Ratio36.6215.1924.9317.29
Price / Sales4.203.9027.09124.68
Price / Cash43.5019.3718.6137.86
Price / Book0.761.002.595.19
Net Income$7.41M$358.89M$1.04B$226.98M
7 Day Performance0.21%-0.04%0.45%3.14%
1 Month Performance-1.86%-2.25%-3.48%5.49%
1 Year Performance-11.19%9.71%12.42%21.67%

Sterling Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SBT
Sterling Bancorp
0.2923 of 5 stars
$4.76
flat
N/A-11.5%$249.01M$59.26M36.62N/A
CFFN
Capitol Federal Financial
3.9006 of 5 stars
$5.92
-0.5%
$6.75
+14.0%
-3.9%$786.02M$164.59M20.41730Short Interest ↑
Positive News
HTBI
HomeTrust Bancshares
3.6376 of 5 stars
$33.81
-0.1%
$39.33
+16.3%
+28.3%$592.69M$200.77M10.70541News Coverage
Positive News
NFBK
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)
4.3341 of 5 stars
$11.60
-0.9%
$12.63
+8.8%
-7.0%$497.69M$127.16M18.13397Positive News
KRNY
Kearny Financial
0.7082 of 5 stars
$7.02
-0.7%
$7.00
-0.3%
-21.2%$453.35M$134.50M-4.84552
NRIM
Northrim BanCorp
4.2472 of 5 stars
$78.41
+1.8%
$96.50
+23.1%
+43.0%$431.41M$144.57M13.38450High Trading Volume
FMAO
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp
1.4414 of 5 stars
$28.52
-0.1%
$24.00
-15.8%
+23.8%$390.70M$96.56M16.78430
PDLB
Ponce Financial Group
0.5212 of 5 stars
$12.81
+0.4%
N/A+44.4%$305.25M$76.91M34.62250Positive News
WSBF
Waterstone Financial
N/A$13.28
-1.0%
N/A-6.0%$257.27M$128.90M18.19698
BVFL
BV Financial
1.94 of 5 stars
$17.30
-0.3%
N/A+22.5%$200.65M$37.66M14.54112
BCBP
BCB Bancorp
4.0597 of 5 stars
$11.68
+0.2%
$13.75
+17.7%
-10.3%$199.12M$98.98M9.98290News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:SBT) was last updated on 1/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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