Critical Review: Texas Community Bancshares (NASDAQ:TCBS) and SR Bancorp (NASDAQ:SRBK)

SR Bancorp (NASDAQ:SRBK) and Texas Community Bancshares (NASDAQ:TCBS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares SR Bancorp and Texas Community Bancshares”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SR Bancorp	$38.38 million	2.76	-$10.86 million	($10.07)	-1.10
Texas Community Bancshares	$10.09 million	4.74	-$730,000.00	($0.80)	-18.74

Texas Community Bancshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SR Bancorp. Texas Community Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SR Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares SR Bancorp and Texas Community Bancshares’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SR Bancorp	-28.30%	-5.52%	-1.01%
Texas Community Bancshares	-11.48%	-4.21%	-0.49%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

24.7% of SR Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.8% of Texas Community Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.1% of Texas Community Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for SR Bancorp and Texas Community Bancshares, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SR Bancorp	0	0	0	0	N/A
Texas Community Bancshares	0	0	0	0	N/A

Summary

Texas Community Bancshares beats SR Bancorp on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SR Bancorp

SR Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Somerset Regal Bank that provides customary retail and commercial banking services to individuals, businesses, and local municipalities in the communities of Somerset, Middlesex, Hunterdon, and Essex counties in New Jersey. It offers deposit instruments, including noninterest-bearing demand deposits, interest-bearing demand accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. The company also provides loans comprising one- to four family-residential mortgage loans, home equity loans and lines of credit, unsecured personal loans, and rehabilitation loans; and bill payment services. In addition, it is involved in the investment activities. The company was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Bound Brook, New Jersey.

About Texas Community Bancshares

Texas Community Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Mineola Community Bank, S.S.B. that provides loans and banking services to consumers and commercial customers in Mineola, Texas and the surrounding area, and the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex. It generates a selection of deposit accounts, including savings accounts, checking accounts, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement accounts. The company also originates primarily one- to four-family residential mortgage loans, commercial real estate loans, and construction and land loans; and car, boat, share, unsecured loans, etc., as well as agricultural loans, commercial loans, and consumer and other loans. In addition, it invests in securities; and offers sweep account, safe deposit boxes, e-statement, cards, online banking, and mobile banking services. Texas Community Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Mineola, Texas.