Head to Head Survey: Bangkok Bank Public (OTCMKTS:BKKPF) and FS Bancorp (NASDAQ:FSBW)

Bangkok Bank Public (OTCMKTS:BKKPF) and FS Bancorp (NASDAQ:FSBW) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

11.7% of Bangkok Bank Public shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.9% of FS Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 12.9% of FS Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Bangkok Bank Public pays an annual dividend of $5.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 100.9%. FS Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Bangkok Bank Public pays out 31.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FS Bancorp pays out 26.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. FS Bancorp has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Bangkok Bank Public and FS Bancorp, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bangkok Bank Public	0	0	0	0	0.00
FS Bancorp	1	2	1	0	2.00

FS Bancorp has a consensus price target of $45.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.96%. Given FS Bancorp’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FS Bancorp is more favorable than Bangkok Bank Public.

Profitability

This table compares Bangkok Bank Public and FS Bancorp’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bangkok Bank Public	N/A	N/A	N/A
FS Bancorp	14.88%	10.86%	1.05%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Bangkok Bank Public and FS Bancorp”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bangkok Bank Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	$18.47	0.31
FS Bancorp	$219.52 million	1.44	$33.35 million	$4.34	9.79

FS Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Bangkok Bank Public. Bangkok Bank Public is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FS Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

FS Bancorp beats Bangkok Bank Public on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bangkok Bank Public

Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited provides various commercial banking products and services in Thailand and internationally. It operates through Domestic Banking, International Banking, Investment Banking, and Others segments. The company offers various personal banking products and services, including savings, current, fixed deposit, foreign currency, securities trading, and other accounts; home and personal loans, as well as loans for pensioners; mutual funds; bonds and debentures; life and non-life bancassurance products; payment, funds transfer, currency exchange and foreign instrument, and SMS services; debit, credit, and prepaid cards; and phone and Internet banking, mobile banking, ATMs, and other services. It also provides business banking products and services comprising operating accounts; loans for SMEs, international trade, investment banking, and e-guarantee services; securities services, such as custodian, mutual fund supervisor, provident fund registrar, securities registrar, and debenture holders' representative services; personal loans for small businesses; payment, collection, and merchant services; digital banking services; and commercial cards. In addition, the company offers trade finance, remittances, export and import, project, corporate finance, electronic services, business strategic management by trading financial instruments, and financial advisory services, as well as liquidity, fund, and asset management services. Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand.

About FS Bancorp

FS Bancorp, Inc. operates as a bank holding company for 1st Security Bank of Washington that provides banking and financial services to local families, local and regional businesses, and industry niches. The company operates in two segments, Commercial and Consumer Banking; and Home Lending. It offers various deposit instruments, including checking accounts, money market deposit accounts, savings accounts, and certificates of deposit. The company provides one-to-four-family residential first mortgages, second mortgage/home equity loan products, non-mortgage commercial business loans, commercial real estate loans, and construction and development loans, as well as consumer loans, which primarily include personal lines of credit, credit cards, automobile, direct home improvement, loans on deposit, and recreational loans. It operates full bank service branches and home loan production offices in suburban communities in the greater Puget Sound area, including Snohomish, King, Pierce, Jefferson, Kitsap, Clallam, Grays Harbor, and Thurston counties; and a loan production office in the market area of the Tri-Cities. FS Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in Mountlake Terrace, Washington.