WSBF vs. OCFC, BRKL, CFFN, TREE, TRST, HIFS, NFBK, FFIC, KRNY, and HBCP
Should you be buying Waterstone Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waterstone Financial include OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), LendingTree (TREE), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Flushing Financial (FFIC), Kearny Financial (KRNY), and Home Bancorp (HBCP). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Waterstone Financial vs.
Waterstone Financial (NASDAQ:WSBF) and OceanFirst Financial (NASDAQ:OCFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
OceanFirst Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Waterstone Financial. OceanFirst Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waterstone Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
62.7% of Waterstone Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of OceanFirst Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of Waterstone Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of OceanFirst Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
OceanFirst Financial received 136 more outperform votes than Waterstone Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.95% of users gave OceanFirst Financial an outperform vote while only 52.90% of users gave Waterstone Financial an outperform vote.
OceanFirst Financial has a net margin of 14.45% compared to Waterstone Financial's net margin of 9.23%.
OceanFirst Financial has a consensus target price of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.33%. Given OceanFirst Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe OceanFirst Financial is more favorable than Waterstone Financial.
Waterstone Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. OceanFirst Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Waterstone Financial pays out 59.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OceanFirst Financial pays out 48.5% 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. OceanFirst Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Waterstone Financial has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OceanFirst Financial has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, OceanFirst Financial had 9 more articles in the media than Waterstone Financial. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for OceanFirst Financial and 3 mentions for Waterstone Financial. Waterstone Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat OceanFirst Financial's score of 0.84 indicating that Waterstone Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
OceanFirst Financial beats Waterstone Financial on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:WSBF) was last updated on 4/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff