WMPN vs. HBCP, NECB, FSBW, PBFS, FBLA, TSBK, BLFY, ESSA, PVBC, and ECBK
Should you be buying William Penn Bancorporation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of William Penn Bancorporation include Home Bancorp (HBCP), Northeast Community Bancorp (NECB), FS Bancorp (FSBW), Pioneer Bancorp (PBFS), FB Bancorp (FBLA), Timberland Bancorp (TSBK), Blue Foundry Bancorp (BLFY), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), Provident Bancorp (PVBC), and ECB Bancorp (ECBK). These companies are all part of the "savings institutions, except federal" industry.
William Penn Bancorporation vs.
William Penn Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WMPN) and Home Bancorp (NASDAQ:HBCP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.
Home Bancorp received 251 more outperform votes than William Penn Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave William Penn Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 58.26% of users gave Home Bancorp an outperform vote.
William Penn Bancorporation has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Home Bancorp has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Home Bancorp has a net margin of 18.55% compared to William Penn Bancorporation's net margin of -0.09%. Home Bancorp's return on equity of 9.58% beat William Penn Bancorporation's return on equity.
In the previous week, Home Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than William Penn Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Home Bancorp and 1 mentions for William Penn Bancorporation. William Penn Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Home Bancorp's score of 1.16 indicating that William Penn Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
31.2% of William Penn Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of Home Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.2% of William Penn Bancorporation shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Home 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.
William Penn Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Home Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. William Penn Bancorporation pays out -200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Home Bancorp pays out 23.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Home Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than William Penn Bancorporation. William Penn Bancorporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Home Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
William Penn Bancorporation currently has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.45%. Home Bancorp has a consensus price target of $49.17, suggesting a potential upside of 8.68%. Given William Penn Bancorporation's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe William Penn Bancorporation is more favorable than Home Bancorp.
Summary
Home Bancorp beats William Penn Bancorporation on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:WMPN) was last updated on 1/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
