SBT vs. BRKL, CFFN, HTBI, NFBK, KRNY, NRIM, FMAO, PDLB, WSBF, and WNEB
Should you be buying Sterling Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sterling Bancorp include Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), 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), and Western New England Bancorp (WNEB). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
Sterling Bancorp vs.
Brookline Bancorp (NASDAQ:BRKL) and Sterling Bancorp (NASDAQ:SBT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, Brookline Bancorp had 6 more articles in the media than Sterling Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Brookline Bancorp and 1 mentions for Sterling Bancorp. Sterling Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat Brookline Bancorp's score of 1.24 indicating that Sterling Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Brookline Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Sterling Bancorp. Brookline Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sterling Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brookline Bancorp has a net margin of 10.51% compared to Sterling Bancorp's net margin of 1.57%. Brookline Bancorp's return on equity of 5.94% beat Sterling Bancorp's return on equity.
Brookline Bancorp has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sterling Bancorp has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
78.9% of Brookline Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.4% of Sterling Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Brookline Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Sterling Bancorp shares are held 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.
Brookline Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.54 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%. Brookline Bancorp pays out 70.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Brookline Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Brookline Bancorp received 58 more outperform votes than Sterling Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.57% of users gave Sterling Bancorp an outperform vote while only 55.92% of users gave Brookline Bancorp an outperform vote.
Brookline Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $15.25, suggesting a potential upside of 62.42%. Given Brookline Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Brookline Bancorp is more favorable than Sterling Bancorp.
Summary
Brookline Bancorp beats Sterling Bancorp on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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