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$8.54 +0.08 (+0.89%)
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WNEB vs. NBBK, OSBC, HBT, MCBS, BFST, ESQ, EQBK, CNCK, JFIN, and IBCP

Should you be buying Western New England Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western New England Bancorp include NB Bancorp (NBBK), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), HBT Financial (HBT), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), Business First Bancshares (BFST), Esquire Financial (ESQ), Equity Bancshares (EQBK), Coincheck Group (CNCK), Jiayin Group (JFIN), and Independent Bank (IBCP). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Western New England Bancorp vs.

NB Bancorp (NASDAQ:NBBK) and Western New England Bancorp (NASDAQ:WNEB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

NB Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Western New England Bancorp. Western New England Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NB Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NB Bancorp$172.73M3.99$42.15M$1.0715.40
Western New England Bancorp$72.73M2.45$11.67M$0.5615.26

In the previous week, NB Bancorp and NB Bancorp both had 5 articles in the media. Western New England Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat NB Bancorp's score of 0.72 indicating that Western New England Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NB Bancorp
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Western New England Bancorp
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

NB Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.50%. Western New England Bancorp has a consensus price target of $8.50, suggesting a potential downside of 0.53%. Given NB Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe NB Bancorp is more favorable than Western New England Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NB Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Western New England Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

NB Bancorp has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western New England Bancorp has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

67.9% of Western New England Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of NB Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Western New England Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Western New England Bancorp received 297 more outperform votes than NB Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave NB Bancorp an outperform vote while only 58.94% of users gave Western New England Bancorp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NB BancorpOutperform Votes
3
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
Western New England BancorpOutperform Votes
300
58.94%
Underperform Votes
209
41.06%

NB Bancorp has a net margin of 13.86% compared to Western New England Bancorp's net margin of 9.51%. NB Bancorp's return on equity of 6.04% beat Western New England Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NB Bancorp13.86% 6.04% 0.93%
Western New England Bancorp 9.51%4.91%0.45%

Summary

NB Bancorp beats Western New England Bancorp on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WNEB vs. The Competition

MetricWestern New England BancorpFederal savings institutions IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$177.83M$2.84B$10.83B$7.33B
Dividend Yield3.52%3.74%6.01%4.31%
P/E Ratio15.2615.5721.6717.71
Price / Sales2.453.4925.4393.06
Price / Cash10.3019.1117.6134.64
Price / Book0.780.862.503.95
Net Income$11.67M$352.78M$1.03B$247.42M
7 Day Performance7.48%1.37%2.46%3.83%
1 Month Performance-5.58%-2.23%-3.98%-8.16%
1 Year Performance32.48%12.64%534.33%0.86%

Western New England Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WNEB
Western New England Bancorp
3.8854 of 5 stars
$8.55
+0.9%
$8.50
-0.5%
+29.1%$177.83M$72.73M15.26360Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Up
NBBK
NB Bancorp
3.3646 of 5 stars
$15.93
+1.1%
$22.00
+38.1%
+21.0%$666.56M$172.73M14.89342Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
OSBC
Old Second Bancorp
3.7073 of 5 stars
$14.79
flat
$20.90
+41.3%
+10.9%$666.25M$279.90M7.91890Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
HBT
HBT Financial
3.4088 of 5 stars
$20.78
-1.4%
$24.75
+19.1%
+20.2%$655.80M$222.37M9.19730Upcoming Earnings
MCBS
MetroCity Bankshares
3.9532 of 5 stars
$25.62
+1.1%
$36.00
+40.5%
+17.4%$650.83M$139.66M10.21220Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
BFST
Business First Bancshares
4.3477 of 5 stars
$21.80
-0.1%
$31.50
+44.5%
+11.1%$644.23M$270.37M9.65750Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
ESQ
Esquire Financial
2.7255 of 5 stars
$74.01
+2.9%
$88.00
+18.9%
+77.4%$624.05M$124.82M14.34110Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
4.3713 of 5 stars
$35.41
-1.3%
$47.20
+33.3%
+14.2%$619.91M$215.83M8.90700Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
CNCK
Coincheck Group
1.976 of 5 stars
$4.60
+2.9%
$10.00
+117.4%
N/A$596.62M$370.15B0.00N/APositive News
JFIN
Jiayin Group
2.3999 of 5 stars
$11.07
-5.1%
N/A+61.5%$594.29M$5.80B3.69710Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
IBCP
Independent Bank
4.3133 of 5 stars
$28.21
+0.5%
$39.17
+38.8%
+28.5%$588.92M$215.80M8.93920Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
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