Beacon Financial vs Eastern Bankshares
BBT and EBC side by side, both in savings institutions. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BBT and EBC compare
Eastern Bankshares is the larger company, worth 2.0 times as much as Beacon Financial ($5.3B against $2.6B).
On earnings, Beacon Financial is cheaper: it trades at 11.5× trailing earnings, against 13.3× for Eastern Bankshares.
Beacon Financial grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (85.6% versus 17.0% for Eastern Bankshares).
Eastern Bankshares keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 251% compared with 25.5% at Beacon Financial.
Both pay dividends: Beacon Financial yields 3.1% and Eastern Bankshares 2.4%.
Eastern Bankshares scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 14 for Beacon Financial), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BBT | EBC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $2.6B | $5.3B |
| Share price | $30.94 | $22.98 |
| Change, 1 year | 18.3% | 32.1% |
| Change, 5 years | 9.5% | 8.3% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.75 | 0.72 |
| Employees | 1,972 | 2,450 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 14 | 17 (better) |
| Valuation score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Growth score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 11.5× (better) | 13.3× |
| P/S | 2.9× (better) | 34.6× |
| P/B | 1.0× (better) | 1.3× |
| Fair value | $36.98 | $22.18 |
| Margin of safety | 16.3% (better) | −3.6% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 85.6% (better) | 17.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −39.9% | −2.8% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 314% | 670% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 341% | 592% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 27.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 25.5% | 251% (better) |
| Return on equity | 9.0% | 9.5% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Altman Z-score | 0.16 | 0.22 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 3.1% (better) | 2.4% |
| Payout ratio | 48.0% | 32.5% |
| Years of dividend growth | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 0.22% | – |
| Buyback yield | – | 4.9% |
| Shareholder yield | 3.1% | 7.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 92.0% | 84.6% |
| Held by insiders | 1.6% | 1.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$277K (better) | −$3.8M |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.3% | 8.4% |
Go deeper
- BBT stock overview
- BBT income statement
- BBT valuation and score
- EBC stock overview
- EBC income statement
- EBC valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.