FFWM vs. HMST, UNB, CNOB, CARO, BPFH, FBNC, BUSE, STBA, TCBK, and SRCE
Should you be buying First Foundation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Foundation include HomeStreet (HMST), Union Bankshares (UNB), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Carolina Financial (CARO), Boston Private Financial (BPFH), First Bancorp (FBNC), First Busey (BUSE), S&T Bancorp (STBA), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), and 1st Source (SRCE). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
First Foundation (NASDAQ:FFWM) and HomeStreet (NASDAQ:HMST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.
First Foundation currently has a consensus target price of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 71.48%. HomeStreet has a consensus target price of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 33.88%. Given First Foundation's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe First Foundation is more favorable than HomeStreet.
73.1% of First Foundation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of HomeStreet shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of First Foundation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of HomeStreet shares are held by company 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.
First Foundation has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HomeStreet has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
First Foundation received 11 more outperform votes than HomeStreet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.09% of users gave First Foundation an outperform vote while only 54.68% of users gave HomeStreet an outperform vote.
In the previous week, First Foundation and First Foundation both had 5 articles in the media. HomeStreet's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat First Foundation's score of 0.08 indicating that HomeStreet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
HomeStreet has a net margin of -8.97% compared to First Foundation's net margin of -32.44%. First Foundation's return on equity of 1.11% beat HomeStreet's return on equity.
HomeStreet has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First Foundation. HomeStreet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Foundation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
First Foundation beats HomeStreet on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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