Contrasting BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ) (BCBP) & Its Peers

BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ) (NASDAQ:BCBP) is one of 919 public companies in the “Banks” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ) to related companies based on the strength of its risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ) and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ)	1	4	0	0	1.80
BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ) Competitors	7483	30220	27802	1478	2.35

BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ) presently has a consensus price target of $8.95, indicating a potential downside of 2.40%. As a group, “Banks” companies have a potential upside of 16.52%. Given BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ)’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ) has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ) and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ)	$181.51 million	-$12.53 million	-1.11
BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ) Competitors	$54.79 billion	$2.42 billion	21.06

BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ)’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ). BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ) and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ)	-90.51%	-55.94%	-4.79%
BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ) Competitors	15.65%	9.44%	0.93%

Risk and Volatility

BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ) has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ)’s peers have a beta of 0.61, suggesting that their average stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

36.0% of BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.9% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ) shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ) peers beat BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ) on 12 of the 13 factors compared.

BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ) Company Profile

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.