TBNK vs. WSBF, ESSA, FFNW, HMST, PROV, ROMA, MTG, RDN, SMPL, and TFSL
Should you be buying Territorial Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Territorial Bancorp include Waterstone Financial (WSBF), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), First Financial Northwest (FFNW), HomeStreet (HMST), Provident Financial (PROV), Roma Green Finance (ROMA), MGIC Investment (MTG), Radian Group (RDN), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), and TFS Financial (TFSL). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Territorial Bancorp vs.
Territorial Bancorp (NASDAQ:TBNK) and Waterstone Financial (NASDAQ:WSBF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
50.4% of Territorial Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of Waterstone Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 9.0% of Territorial Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Waterstone Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Territorial Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $9.89, indicating a potential upside of 10.08%. Given Territorial Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Territorial Bancorp is more favorable than Waterstone Financial.
Territorial Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Waterstone Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Territorial Bancorp pays out -15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Waterstone Financial pays out 82.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Territorial Bancorp received 64 more outperform votes than Waterstone Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.59% of users gave Waterstone Financial an outperform vote while only 46.61% of users gave Territorial Bancorp an outperform vote.
Territorial Bancorp has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waterstone Financial has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Waterstone Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Territorial Bancorp. Territorial Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waterstone Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Territorial Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Waterstone Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Territorial Bancorp and 2 mentions for Waterstone Financial. Waterstone Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Territorial Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Waterstone Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Waterstone Financial has a net margin of 6.79% compared to Territorial Bancorp's net margin of -3.01%. Waterstone Financial's return on equity of 4.18% beat Territorial Bancorp's return on equity.
Summary
Waterstone Financial beats Territorial Bancorp on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:TBNK) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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