Both in Banking & Credit

Z Squared vs ECB Bancorp

Over the past year ZSQR returned +16.9% and ECBK returned +0.7%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.38.

ZSQR +16.9% ECBK +0.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricZSQRECBK
Price$3.59$21.36
Market cap$190.3M$186.6M
Today−0.55%+0.14%
1 month−9.1%+4.9%
6 months—+18.1%
Year to date—+22.8%
1 year—+40.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)—+15.3%
Gross margin−38.4%46.1%
Net margin−866.6%14.5%
P/E (TTM)—16.3×
Price / sales—2.2×
Net cash$15.5M-$44.1M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)—28.5%
Short % of float8.0%1.6%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).