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Waterstone Financial, Inc.WSBFCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Financials›Finance/Rental/Leasing
Momentum neutral 57
Mkt cap
$357M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
83%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1.05M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.02×
price to book
ROE
8.7%
delivered
Implied ROE
8.8%
what the price asks
Next earnings
83 days
28 Jan 2027
Close · USD$19.86
1D-1.0%
1W+1.6%
1M+1.4%
3M-3.5%
6M+6.1%
YTD+20.0%
1Y+29.0%
ATR %2.5%
Beta0.33
52w lowhigh8.3% off high

What Waterstone Financial does

Employees: 593

Waterstone Financial at a glance

Size Waterstone Financial (WSBF) is a United States Financials company (Finance/Rental/Leasing) with a market value of $357M, the 2962nd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $19.86 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 6.1%, against +3.2% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 19 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 4.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.4%); the operating margin is 25.3% (peer median 13.2%).

Valuation It trades at 1.02× book value against a peer median of 1.18× (9th cheapest of 20).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 8.8%; Waterstone Financial delivers 8.7%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Short interest Short interest is 2.5% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 28 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026WSBF 108Peer median 102
Six months, rebased to 100: Waterstone Financial against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Waterstone Financial financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$207M$202M$203M$182M$186M
Revenue growth—-1%+11%-2%—
Net income$30.1M$26.4M$18.7M$9.38M$19.5M
Free cash flow$37.6M$17.9M-$64.8M-$70.3M-$40.8M
Capital expenditure$2.15M$1.34M$6.28M$880,000$881,000
Total debt$412M$412M$447M$611M$387M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Waterstone Financial competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%0%+50%+100%0%+20%BETRCCAPSANGHVIMOV184899918239DOV96190412ASAI2393AYEINDOSTAR0626ZDCRMWSBF6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Waterstone Financial is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

-200%-100%0%00×500×1000×BETRCCAPSANGHVIMOV8239DOVASAIWSBFReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Waterstone Financial is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%500%1,000%0%500%1,000%BETRCCAP18488239WSBFROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Waterstone Financial is the large dot.

Waterstone Financial competitors and peer comparison

How Waterstone Financial compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Waterstone Financial against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureWSBFPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+1.4%-1.0%8th highest of 21
6-month return+6.1%+3.2%9th highest of 19
Return on equity8.7%8.9%9th lowest of 19
Price / book1.02×1.18×9th cheapest of 20
Trailing P/E11.5×9.3×6th most expensive of 13
ROE the price implies8.8%9.3%10th least demanding of 20
ROE delivered8.7%8.8%8th lowest of 16

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Waterstone Financial WSBFUnited States$357M+6%+5%9%1.02×8.8%8.7%
Better Home & Finance BETRUnited States$366M-34%+41%-224%6.31×68.0%-224.0%
Crescent Capital BDC CCAPUnited States$346M-31%-29%0%0.53×5.6%-0.5%
Sanghvi Movers SANGHVIMOV.NSIndia$343M+11%+30%15%2.47×34.6%n/a
Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. VI IPFXUnited States$343Mn/an/an/a1.41×7.7%n/a
China Aircraft Leasing 1848.HKHong Kong$340M-11%+19%8%0.57×6.3%8.4%
GECOSS 9991.TJapan$376M+9%+5%9%0.83×6.1%8.8%
Capital Finance 8239.HKHong Kong$380M+111%+31%-76%133.31×990.3%-75.7%
doValue DOV.MIItaly$381M-16%+9%-15%2.23×27.8%-14.8%
Ichinen 9619.TJapan$381M+19%+6%18%0.77×4.8%17.6%
Shandong Hi-Speed 0412.HKHong Kong$334M-65%-15%n/an/an/an/a
ASA International ASAI.LUnited Kingdom$332M+28%+25%45%1.69×30.5%44.9%
Nippon Care Supply 2393.TJapan$385M+76%+10%14%3.28×9.9%13.5%
Sankyo Frontier 9639.TJapan$331M+6%+4%11%0.97×5.8%11.5%
Aye Finance AYE.NSIndia$385M+4%+22%13%1.33×30.9%13.1%
IndoStar Capital Finance INDOSTAR.NSIndia$329M-15%-2%4%0.82×14.6%n/a
Public Financial 0626.HKHong Kong$328M+58%-7%1%0.33×4.0%1.3%
Atrium Mortgage Investment AI.TOCanada$390M-7%-11%9%1.03×8.0%9.1%
Zedcor ZDC.VCanada$390M-19%+71%-1%5.69×27.7%-1.2%
7855 7855.TWTaiwan$325Mn/a+2%14%1.18×4.0%n/a
Regional Management RMUnited States$324M+3%+8%13%0.87×9.3%12.6%

Questions

Which companies are Waterstone Financial's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Better Home & Finance (BETR), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), Sanghvi Movers (SANGHVIMOV.NS), Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. VI (IPFX), China Aircraft Leasing (1848.HK), GECOSS (9991.T), Capital Finance (8239.HK), doValue (DOV.MI).
Is Waterstone Financial expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.02× against a peer median of 1.18×, 9th cheapest of 20 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 8.8%; Waterstone Financial delivers 8.7%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Waterstone Financial stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +6.1% against +3.2% for the median peer; over one year +29.0%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.