Reviewing Avidia Bancorp (AVBC) & Its Peers

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

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 peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Avidia Bancorp	$147.61 million	-$3.29 million	23.11
Avidia Bancorp Competitors	$37.65 billion	$2.39 billion	22.56

Avidia Bancorp’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Avidia Bancorp. Avidia 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 Avidia Bancorp and its peers’ 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%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Avidia Bancorp and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avidia Bancorp	1	0	0	1	2.50
Avidia Bancorp Competitors	7357	29659	27065	1353	2.34

As a group, “Banks” companies have a potential upside of 10.08%. Given Avidia Bancorp’s peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Avidia Bancorp has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

47.4% of shares of all “Banks” companies are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Avidia Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of shares of all “Banks” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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

Avidia Bancorp Company Profile

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.