Reviewing SR Bancorp (SRBK) & Its Rivals

SR Bancorp (NASDAQ:SRBK) is one of 41 publicly-traded companies in the “Savings institutions, except federal” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare SR Bancorp to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for SR Bancorp and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SR Bancorp	0	0	0	0	N/A
SR Bancorp Competitors	120	583	366	5	2.24

As a group, “Savings institutions, except federal” companies have a potential upside of 0.63%. Given SR Bancorp’s peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SR Bancorp has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares SR Bancorp and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
SR Bancorp	$38.38 million	-$10.86 million	-1.09
SR Bancorp Competitors	$306.94 million	$15.59 million	-3.19

SR Bancorp’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than SR Bancorp. SR Bancorp is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares SR Bancorp and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SR Bancorp	-28.30%	-5.49%	-1.02%
SR Bancorp Competitors	7.64%	4.98%	0.55%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

24.7% of SR Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.0% of shares of all “Savings institutions, except federal” companies are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of SR Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of shares of all “Savings institutions, except federal” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

SR Bancorp peers beat SR Bancorp on 8 of the 8 factors compared.

About SR Bancorp

SR Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Somerset Regal Bank that provides customary retail and commercial banking services to individuals, businesses, and local municipalities in the communities of Somerset, Middlesex, Hunterdon, and Essex counties in New Jersey. It offers deposit instruments, including noninterest-bearing demand deposits, interest-bearing demand accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. The company also provides loans comprising one- to four family-residential mortgage loans, home equity loans and lines of credit, unsecured personal loans, and rehabilitation loans; and bill payment services. In addition, it is involved in the investment activities. The company was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Bound Brook, New Jersey.