BCB Bancorp (NASDAQ:BCBP – Get Free Report) and Bluegreen Vacations (OTCMKTS:BVHBB – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares BCB Bancorp and Bluegreen Vacations”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
BCB Bancorp | $98.98 million | 2.01 | $29.48 million | $1.17 | 9.98 |
Bluegreen Vacations | $919.43 million | 1.33 | $64.39 million | $3.71 | 19.41 |
Bluegreen Vacations has higher revenue and earnings than BCB Bancorp. BCB Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bluegreen Vacations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
BCB Bancorp | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Bluegreen Vacations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
BCB Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $13.75, indicating a potential upside of 17.72%. Given BCB Bancorp’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BCB Bancorp is more favorable than Bluegreen Vacations.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
36.0% of BCB Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.7% of Bluegreen Vacations shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.9% of BCB Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 88.2% of Bluegreen Vacations shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares BCB Bancorp and Bluegreen Vacations’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
BCB Bancorp | 10.59% | 7.31% | 0.57% |
Bluegreen Vacations | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Summary
BCB Bancorp beats Bluegreen Vacations on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About BCB Bancorp
BCB Bancorp, Inc. operates as a bank holding company for BCB Community Bank that engages in the provision of banking products and services to businesses and individuals in the United States. The company offers insured deposit products, including savings and club accounts, interest and non-interest-bearing demand accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement accounts. It also provides various loan products, such as commercial and multi-family real estate loans, one-to-four family mortgage loans, commercial business loans, construction loans, home equity loans, and consumer loans. In addition, the company offers retail and commercial banking services comprising wire transfer, money order, safe deposit box, night depository, debit card, online and mobile banking, fraud detection, and automated teller services. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Bayonne, New Jersey.
About Bluegreen Vacations
Bluegreen Vacations Holding Corporation operates as a vacation ownership company. The company markets and sells vacation ownership interests (VOI); and manages resorts in leisure and urban destinations, including Orlando, Las Vegas, Myrtle Beach, Charleston and New Orleans, and others. It also provides resort management, mortgage, title, reservation, and construction design and development services; and financing to qualified VOI purchasers, as well as management services to the vacation club and homeowners' associations. The company was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.
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