Compared to Estimates, BCB Bancorp (BCBP) Q2 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics

While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.

Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.

Here is how BCB Bancorp performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

• Net Interest Margin: 3% compared to the 3% average estimate based on two analysts.
• Efficiency ratio: 96.8% versus 64.1% estimated by two analysts on average.
• Total Non-Interest Income: $-0.47 million versus $2.26 million estimated by two analysts on average.
• Net Interest Income: $23.35 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $23.28 million.

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Shares of BCB Bancorp have returned -2.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.2% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.

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