Citizens Financial Services Inc. (CZFS) vs Northeast Community Bancorp Inc. (NECB)

Citizens Financial Services Inc. and Northeast Community Bancorp Inc. are both Banks Regional companies. Citizens Financial Services Inc. and Northeast Community Bancorp Inc. are of similar size ($381.0M and $380.6M). Northeast Community Bancorp Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 8.6× against 9.4×. Citizens Financial Services Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.35% against −5.05%. Northeast Community Bancorp Inc. has the higher net margin (27.7% vs 23.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.83% vs 4.48%). Both pay a dividend; Northeast Community Bancorp Inc. yields more (3.26% vs 2.52%). Across the 19 metrics below, Northeast Community Bancorp Inc. leads on 15 and Citizens Financial Services Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric CZFS NECB Banks Regional median
P/E 9.37 8.58 11.98
P/S 2.18 2.37 2.34
P/B 1.09 1.00 1.19
Price to free cash flow 10.43 7.45 10.63
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 10.67% 11.65% 8.23%
Free cash flow yield 9.59% 13.41% 9.08%

Profitability

Metric CZFS NECB Banks Regional median
Gross margin 67.06% 67.58% 69.55%
Operating margin 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Net margin 23.31% 27.67% 18.66%
Free cash flow margin 20.95% 31.75% 21.11%
Return on equity 12.32% 12.13% 10.65%
Return on assets 1.33% 2.07% 1.13%
Return on invested capital 4.48% 7.83% 8.35%

Growth

Metric CZFS NECB Banks Regional median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.35% (5.05%) 6.98%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 30.26% (9.22%) 18.88%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.25% 25.17% 12.38%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 7.82% 29.22% 9.71%

Health

Metric CZFS NECB Banks Regional median
Debt to equity 1.12 0.53 0.22
Current ratio 1.02 1.29 0.94
Net debt to EBITDA 0.00 0.00 0.00

Dividend

Metric CZFS NECB Banks Regional median
Dividend yield 2.52% 3.26% 2.57%
Payout ratio 0.24 0.29 0.30

Size

Metric CZFS NECB Banks Regional median
Market cap 380.56m 381.04m 913.33m

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