Avidia Bancorp (AVBC) & The Competition Head to Head Contrast

Avidia Bancorp (NYSE:AVBC) is one of 925 publicly-traded companies in the “Banks” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Avidia Bancorp to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Avidia Bancorp and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avidia Bancorp	1	0	0	1	2.50
Avidia Bancorp Competitors	7351	29654	27062	1353	2.34

As a group, “Banks” companies have a potential upside of 9.12%. Given Avidia Bancorp’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Avidia Bancorp has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Avidia Bancorp and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avidia Bancorp	11.51%	4.62%	0.63%
Avidia Bancorp Competitors	14.93%	9.46%	0.92%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

47.4% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Avidia Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Avidia Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Avidia Bancorp pays out 25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Banks” companies pay a dividend yield of 8.8% and pay out 29.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Avidia Bancorp and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Avidia Bancorp	$147.61 million	-$3.29 million	23.31
Avidia Bancorp Competitors	$9.83 billion	$2.39 billion	22.59

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

Summary

Avidia Bancorp rivals beat Avidia Bancorp on 10 of the 14 factors compared.

About Avidia Bancorp

Avidia Bancorp Inc. is a chartered stock savings bank. It operates full-service banking offices principally in western Middlesex County and eastern Worcester County, in Massachusetts. Avidia Bancorp Inc. is based in HUDSON, Mass.