Bogota Financial (NASDAQ:BSBK – Get Rating) and ECB Bancorp (NASDAQ:ECBK – Get Rating) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and dividends.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Bogota Financial and ECB Bancorp's gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Get Bogota Financial alerts:| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Bogota Financial | $24.20 million | 4.87 | $6.88 million | $0.48 | 18.08 |
| ECB Bancorp | $30.55 million | 3.27 | $2.72 million | N/A | N/A |
Bogota Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ECB Bancorp.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
12.4% of Bogota Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.8% of ECB Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Bogota Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Bogota Financial and ECB Bancorp's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Bogota Financial | 19.89% | 4.86% | 0.76% |
| ECB Bancorp | 8.90% | 2.25% | 0.32% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Bogota Financial and ECB Bancorp, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Bogota Financial | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| ECB Bancorp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Summary
Bogota Financial beats ECB Bancorp on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Bogota Financial
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Bogota Financial Corp. operates as the bank holding company for Bogota Savings Bank that provides banking products and services in the United States. It offers deposit accounts, including demand accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, and certificate of deposit accounts. The company also provides one-to four-family residential real estate loans, and commercial real estate and multi-family loans, as well as consumer loans, such as home equity loans and lines of credit, commercial and industrial loans, and construction loans; and buys, sells, and holds investment securities. It operates through various offices located in Bogota, Hasbrouck Heights, Newark, Oak Ridge, Parsippany, and Teaneck, as well as through a loan production office in Spring Lake, New Jersey. The company was founded in 1893 and is based in Teaneck, New Jersey. Bogota Financial Corp. operates as a subsidiary of Bogota Financial, MHC.
About ECB Bancorp
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ECB Bancorp, Inc. focuses on operating as a holding company for Everett Co-operative Bank that provides various banking products and services. The company accepts various deposit products, including certificate of deposit accounts, IRAs, money market accounts, savings accounts, demand deposit accounts, and interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing checking accounts. It also offers one- to four-family residential real estate, commercial real estate and multifamily real estate, construction and land, commercial, and consumer loans, as well as home equity loans and lines of credit. In addition, the company invests in securities, consisting primarily of U.S. government and federal agency obligations, mortgage-backed securities, and corporate bonds. It operates through two full-service banking offices located in Everett, Massachusetts and Lynnfield, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1890 and is based in Everett, Massachusetts.
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