WSBF vs. CFFN, TRST, HIFS, TREE, FFIC, NFBK, KRNY, HBCP, ESSA, and FFNW
Should you be buying Waterstone Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waterstone Financial include Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), LendingTree (TREE), Flushing Financial (FFIC), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Home Bancorp (HBCP), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), and First Financial Northwest (FFNW). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Waterstone Financial vs.
Waterstone Financial (NASDAQ:WSBF) and Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ:CFFN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.
Capitol Federal Financial has a consensus target price of $6.75, indicating a potential upside of 18.01%. Given Capitol Federal Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Capitol Federal Financial is more favorable than Waterstone Financial.
Waterstone Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Capitol Federal Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. 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. Capitol Federal Financial pays out 117.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Waterstone Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Capitol Federal Financial. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Waterstone Financial and 1 mentions for Capitol Federal Financial. Capitol Federal Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Waterstone Financial's score of 0.34 indicating that Capitol Federal Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
62.7% of Waterstone Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of Waterstone Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Capitol Federal Financial 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.
Capitol Federal Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Waterstone Financial. Waterstone Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capitol Federal Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Capitol Federal Financial has a net margin of 9.95% compared to Waterstone Financial's net margin of 6.79%. Capitol Federal Financial's return on equity of 4.69% beat Waterstone Financial's return on equity.
Waterstone Financial has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capitol Federal Financial has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Capitol Federal Financial received 105 more outperform votes than Waterstone Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.70% of users gave Capitol Federal Financial an outperform vote while only 52.59% of users gave Waterstone Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Capitol Federal Financial beats Waterstone Financial on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:WSBF) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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