Reviewing Bogota Financial (NASDAQ:BSBK) and NB Bancorp (NASDAQ:NBBK)

NB Bancorp (NASDAQ:NBBK) and Bogota Financial (NASDAQ:BSBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

11.6% of Bogota Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Bogota Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares NB Bancorp and Bogota Financial’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NB Bancorp	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bogota Financial	1.67%	0.47%	0.07%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for NB Bancorp and Bogota Financial, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NB Bancorp	0	0	1	0	3.00
Bogota Financial	0	0	0	0	N/A

NB Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.30%. Given NB Bancorp’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe NB Bancorp is more favorable than Bogota Financial.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares NB Bancorp and Bogota Financial’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NB Bancorp	$145.63 million	3.95	$9.82 million	N/A	N/A
Bogota Financial	$38.42 million	2.31	$640,000.00	$0.06	111.69

NB Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Bogota Financial.

About NB Bancorp

NB Bancorp, Inc. focuses on operating as a bank holding company for Needham Bank that provides various banking products and services in Greater Boston metropolitan area and surrounding communities in Massachusetts, eastern Connecticut, southern New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. The company offers various deposits, including certificate of deposit, individual retirement, money market, savings, NOW, demand deposit, and interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing checking accounts; and commercial real estate and multifamily, one- to four-family residential real estate, construction and land development, commercial and industrial, and consumer loans, as well as home equity loans and lines of credit. It also invests in securities consisting of U.S. treasury and federal agency securities, government-sponsored residential mortgage-backed securities, municipal bonds, and corporate bonds. The company was founded in 1892 and is based in Needham, Massachusetts.

About Bogota Financial

Bogota Financial Corp. operates as the bank holding company for Bogota Savings Bank that provides banking products and services in the United States. It offers deposit accounts, including demand accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, and certificate of deposit accounts. The company also provides one-to four-family residential real estate loans, and commercial real estate and multi-family loans, as well as consumer loans, such as home equity loans and lines of credit, commercial and industrial loans, and construction loans; and buys, sells, and holds investment securities. It operates through various offices located in Bogota, Hasbrouck Heights, Newark, Oak Ridge, Parsippany, and Teaneck, as well as through a loan production office in Spring Lake, New Jersey. The company was founded in 1893 and is based in Teaneck, New Jersey. Bogota Financial Corp. operates as a subsidiary of Bogota Financial, MHC.