Contrasting Avidia Bancorp (AVBC) and Its Peers

Avidia Bancorp (NYSE:AVBC) is one of 926 public companies in the “Banks” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Avidia Bancorp to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Avidia Bancorp and its competitors, as reported 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	7347	29641	27030	1351	2.34

As a group, “Banks” companies have a potential upside of 9.24%. Given Avidia Bancorp’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Avidia Bancorp has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Avidia Bancorp and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Avidia Bancorp	$147.61 million	-$3.29 million	23.29
Avidia Bancorp Competitors	$9.82 billion	$2.39 billion	22.61

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

Profitability

This table compares Avidia Bancorp and its competitors’ 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%

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 9.6% and pay out 32.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

47.5% of shares of all “Banks” companies are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Avidia Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of shares of all “Banks” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Avidia Bancorp competitors 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.