ArrowMark Financial Corp. (BANX) vs ECB Bancorp, Inc. (ECBK)

• ArrowMark Financial Corp. BANX 19.82 ▲ +0.35%
• ECB Bancorp, Inc. ECBK 21.45 ▼ −0.46%

ArrowMark Financial Corp. and ECB Bancorp, Inc. are both in the Financial sector (Closed End Fund Debt and Banks Regional). ArrowMark Financial Corp. and ECB Bancorp, Inc. are of similar size ($191.4M and $188.3M). ECB Bancorp, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 13.6× against 37.3×. ECB Bancorp, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 17.0% against 12.1%. ArrowMark Financial Corp. has the higher net margin (19.3% vs 13.9%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 2.25%). Across the 15 metrics below, ECB Bancorp, Inc. leads on 11 and ArrowMark Financial Corp. on 4.