Reviewing Timberland Bancorp (TSBK) and Its Peers

Timberland Bancorp (NASDAQ:TSBK) is one of 919 publicly-traded companies in the “Banks” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Timberland Bancorp to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Timberland Bancorp and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Timberland Bancorp	$119.07 million	$31.17 million	12.11
Timberland Bancorp Competitors	$9.95 billion	$2.42 billion	20.28

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

Dividends

Timberland Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Timberland Bancorp pays out 30.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Banks” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.3% and pay out 28.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Timberland Bancorp has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Timberland Bancorp lags its rivals as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Timberland Bancorp and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Timberland Bancorp	0	0	0	1	4.00
Timberland Bancorp Competitors	7482	30219	27791	1473	2.35

As a group, “Banks” companies have a potential upside of 16.79%. Given Timberland Bancorp’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Timberland Bancorp has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Risk and Volatility

Timberland Bancorp has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Timberland Bancorp’s rivals have a beta of 0.61, suggesting that their average stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

65.5% of Timberland Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.0% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Timberland Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Timberland Bancorp	26.18%	11.51%	1.53%
Timberland Bancorp Competitors	15.66%	9.44%	0.93%

Summary

Timberland Bancorp rivals beat Timberland Bancorp on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

Timberland Bancorp Company Profile

Timberland Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Timberland Bank that provides various community banking services in Washington. It offers various deposit products, including money market deposit, checking, and regular savings accounts, as well as certificates of deposit. The company also provides one-to four-family residential, multi-family, and commercial real estate loans; and construction lending products, such as custom and owner/builder, speculative one- to four-family, commercial, multi-family, land development, and land development. In addition, it offers consumer loans comprising home equity lines of credit and second mortgage loans, automobile loans, boat loans, motorcycle loans, recreational vehicle loans, savings account loans, and unsecured loans; and commercial business loans. Timberland Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Hoquiam, Washington.