Flushing Financial (FFIC) Competitors

Dime Community Bancshares (NASDAQ:DCOM) and Flushing Financial (NASDAQ:FFIC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Is DCOM or FFIC a better dividend stock?

Dime Community Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Flushing Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Dime Community Bancshares pays out 66.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Flushing Financial pays out 101.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media refer more to DCOM or FFIC?

In the previous week, Flushing Financial had 4 more articles in the media than Dime Community Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Flushing Financial and 10 mentions for Dime Community Bancshares. Dime Community Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Flushing Financial's score of 0.75 indicating that Dime Community Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dime Community Bancshares	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Flushing Financial	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate DCOM or FFIC?

Dime Community Bancshares presently has a consensus target price of $34.20, indicating a potential upside of 9.16%. Flushing Financial has a consensus target price of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.70%. Given Dime Community Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Dime Community Bancshares is more favorable than Flushing Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dime Community Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Flushing Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has higher valuation & earnings, DCOM or FFIC?

Dime Community Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Flushing Financial. Flushing Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dime Community Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dime Community Bancshares	$339.86M	3.61	$96.09M	$1.50	20.89
Flushing Financial	$198.01M	2.42	$28.66M	$0.87	16.39

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in DCOM or FFIC?

75.3% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Flushing Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.1% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Flushing Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is DCOM or FFIC more profitable?

Dime Community Bancshares has a net margin of 9.65% compared to Flushing Financial's net margin of 5.48%. Dime Community Bancshares' return on equity of 5.58% beat Flushing Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dime Community Bancshares	9.65%	5.58%	0.46%
Flushing Financial	5.48%	3.75%	0.28%

Which has more volatility and risk, DCOM or FFIC?

Dime Community Bancshares has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flushing Financial has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DCOM or FFIC?

Flushing Financial received 27 more outperform votes than Dime Community Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.25% of users gave Flushing Financial an outperform vote while only 49.55% of users gave Dime Community Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dime Community Bancshares	Outperform Votes 219 49.55%	Underperform Votes 223 50.45%
Flushing Financial	Outperform Votes 246 51.25%	Underperform Votes 234 48.75%

Summary

Dime Community Bancshares beats Flushing Financial on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.