NSTS Bancorp (NASDAQ:NSTS – Get Free Report) and Grupo Cibest (NYSE:CIB – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares NSTS Bancorp and Grupo Cibest”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| NSTS Bancorp | $13.27 million | 5.47 | -$390,000.00 | ($0.02) | -690.50 |
| Grupo Cibest | $10.45 billion | 2.01 | $764.13 million | $3.60 | 24.65 |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
23.7% of NSTS Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of NSTS Bancorp shares 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.
Volatility and Risk
NSTS Bancorp has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grupo Cibest has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares NSTS Bancorp and Grupo Cibest’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| NSTS Bancorp | -0.72% | -0.12% | -0.04% |
| Grupo Cibest | 8.41% | 21.07% | 2.18% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for NSTS Bancorp and Grupo Cibest, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| NSTS Bancorp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Grupo Cibest | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2.22 |
Grupo Cibest has a consensus price target of $76.60, indicating a potential downside of 13.69%. Given Grupo Cibest’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Grupo Cibest is more favorable than NSTS Bancorp.
Summary
Grupo Cibest beats NSTS Bancorp on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About NSTS Bancorp
NSTS Bancorp, Inc. operates as a savings and loan holding company for North Shore Trust and Savings that provides banking products and services in Illinois. The company offers interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing checking, money market, savings, and time deposit accounts; and one- to four-family residential mortgage, multi-family and commercial real estate mortgage, construction, home equity, and consumer loans. It operates through full-service banking offices in Lake County, Illinois; and one loan production office in Chicago. The company was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Waukegan, Illinois.
About Grupo Cibest
Bancolombia S.A., together with its subsidiaries, provides banking products and services in Colombia and internationally. The company operates through nine segments: Banking Colombia, Banking Panama, Banking El Salvador, Banking Guatemala, Trust, Investment Banking, Brokerage, International Banking, and All Other. It offers checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, time deposits, fixed term deposits, and investment products; trade financing, loans funded by domestic development banks, working capital loans, credit cards, personal and vehicle loans, payroll loans, and overdrafts; factoring; and financial and operating leasing services. The company provides hedging instruments, including futures, forwards, options, and swaps; and brokerage, investment advisory, and private banking services comprising selling and distributing equities, futures, foreign currencies, fixed income securities, mutual funds, and structured products. In addition, it offers cash management services; foreign currency and trade finance solutions; letters of credit and bills collection; insurance and bancassurance products; telephone and mobile phone banking services; and online and computer banking services. Further, the company provides project and acquisition finance, loan syndication, corporate loans, debt and equity capital markets, principal investments, mergers and acquisition, hedging strategy advisories, restructurings, and structured financing; mutual and pension funds, private equity funds, payment and corporate trust, and custody; internet-based trading platform; inter-bank lending and repurchase agreements; managing escrow accounts, and investment and real estate funds; credit cards; roadside and medical assistance services; and transportation, maintenance and remodeling, and outsourcing services, as well as provides technology services. Bancolombia S.A. was founded in 1875 and is headquartered in Medellín, Colombia.
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