WSBF vs. CFFN, TRST, TREE, HIFS, NFBK, FFIC, 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), LendingTree (TREE), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Flushing Financial (FFIC), 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 better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
Waterstone Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Capitol Federal Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Waterstone Financial pays out 59.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capitol Federal Financial pays out 87.2% 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 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 12.67% compared to Waterstone Financial's net margin of 9.23%. Waterstone Financial's return on equity of 5.75% beat Capitol Federal Financial's return on equity.
Capitol Federal Financial has a consensus target price of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.64%. Given Capitol Federal Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Capitol Federal Financial is more favorable than Waterstone Financial.
Capitol Federal Financial received 104 more outperform votes than Waterstone Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.58% of users gave Capitol Federal Financial an outperform vote while only 52.77% of users gave Waterstone Financial an outperform vote.
62.7% of Waterstone Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of Waterstone Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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. Waterstone Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Capitol Federal Financial's score of 0.30 indicating that Waterstone Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Waterstone Financial has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capitol Federal Financial has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Capitol Federal Financial beats Waterstone Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:WSBF) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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