Affinity Bancshares (NASDAQ:AFBI – Get Free Report) and Popular (NASDAQ:BPOP – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends and earnings.
Volatility & Risk
Affinity Bancshares has a beta of 0.13, meaning that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Popular has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Affinity Bancshares and Popular, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Affinity Bancshares | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Popular | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3.00 |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Affinity Bancshares and Popular”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Affinity Bancshares | $52.93 million | 2.59 | $8.33 million | $1.37 | 16.40 |
| Popular | $4.44 billion | 2.16 | $833.16 million | $13.54 | 10.97 |
Popular has higher revenue and earnings than Affinity Bancshares. Popular is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Affinity Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
39.3% of Affinity Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Popular shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.4% of Affinity Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Popular shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Affinity Bancshares and Popular’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Affinity Bancshares | 16.50% | 7.51% | 1.04% |
| Popular | 20.10% | 14.53% | 1.18% |
Summary
Popular beats Affinity Bancshares on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Affinity Bancshares
Affinity Bancshares, Inc. operates as the holding company for Affinity Bank that provides various banking products and services in Georgia. The company offers various deposit accounts, including savings accounts, checking accounts, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement accounts, as well as Kasasa (rewards) deposit program for checking accounts with interest rates or cash-back rewards. It offers commercial and residential real estate, commercial and industrial, residential mortgage, construction and land, and consumer loans, as well as balloon and adjustable-rate loans. In addition, the company invests in U.S. treasury securities; securities issued by the U.S. government and its agencies, or government sponsored enterprises, including mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations; corporate and municipal bonds; certificates of deposit in other financial institutions; and federal and money market funds. Further, it operates a virtual bank under the name FitnessBank, which accepts deposits and provides higher interest rates based on customers meeting certain fitness goals. Affinity Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 1928 and is headquartered in Covington, Georgia.
About Popular
Popular, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides various retail, mortgage, and commercial banking products and services in Puerto Rico, the United States, and the British Virgin Islands. The company provides savings, NOW, money market, and other interest-bearing demand accounts; non-interest bearing demand deposits; and certificates of deposit. It also offers commercial and industrial, commercial multi-family, commercial real estate, and residential mortgage loans; consumer loans, including personal loans, credit cards, automobile loans, home equity lines of credit, and other loans to individual borrowers; construction loans; and lease financing comprising automobile loans/leases. In addition, the company provides investment banking, auto and equipment leasing and financing, broker-dealer, and insurance services; debit cards; and online banking services. Popular, Inc. was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.
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