Timberland Bancorp (TSBK) Competitors

Timberland Bancorp (NASDAQ:TSBK) and MoneyLion (NYSE:ML) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TSBK or ML?

65.5% of Timberland Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.4% of MoneyLion shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Timberland Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of MoneyLion shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer TSBK or ML?

MoneyLion has a consensus price target of $100.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.53%. Given MoneyLion's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MoneyLion is more favorable than Timberland Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Timberland Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
MoneyLion	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to TSBK or ML?

In the previous week, MoneyLion had 12 more articles in the media than Timberland Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for MoneyLion and 1 mentions for Timberland Bancorp. Timberland Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat MoneyLion's score of 0.15 indicating that Timberland Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Timberland Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MoneyLion	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TSBK or ML?

Timberland Bancorp received 248 more outperform votes than MoneyLion when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.19% of users gave MoneyLion an outperform vote while only 69.13% of users gave Timberland Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Timberland Bancorp	Outperform Votes 271 69.13%	Underperform Votes 121 30.87%
MoneyLion	Outperform Votes 23 74.19%	Underperform Votes 8 25.81%

Which has more volatility and risk, TSBK or ML?

Timberland Bancorp has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MoneyLion has a beta of 3.06, suggesting that its stock price is 206% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, TSBK or ML?

Timberland Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MoneyLion. Timberland Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MoneyLion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Timberland Bancorp	$105.96M	2.31	$24.28M	$3.09	9.97
MoneyLion	$500.28M	1.90	-$45.24M	$0.22	390.07

Is TSBK or ML more profitable?

Timberland Bancorp has a net margin of 22.88% compared to MoneyLion's net margin of 0.64%. Timberland Bancorp's return on equity of 10.20% beat MoneyLion's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Timberland Bancorp	22.88%	10.20%	1.30%
MoneyLion	0.64%	1.18%	0.61%

Summary

MoneyLion beats Timberland Bancorp on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.