FFIC vs. NWBI, DCOM, BHLB, OCFC, BRKL, CFFN, TREE, TRST, HIFS, and NFBK
Should you be buying Flushing Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flushing Financial include Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), LendingTree (TREE), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), and Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Flushing Financial vs.
Northwest Bancshares (NASDAQ:NWBI) and Flushing Financial (NASDAQ:FFIC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.
Northwest Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Flushing Financial. Flushing Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northwest Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Northwest Bancshares has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flushing Financial has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
66.3% of Northwest Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Flushing Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Northwest Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Flushing Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Northwest Bancshares has a net margin of 13.26% compared to Flushing Financial's net margin of -6.46%. Northwest Bancshares' return on equity of 8.44% beat Flushing Financial's return on equity.
Northwest Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Flushing Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Northwest Bancshares pays out 101.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Flushing Financial pays out -87.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Flushing Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Northwest Bancshares presently has a consensus price target of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.86%. Flushing Financial has a consensus price target of $16.17, indicating a potential upside of 26.97%. Given Flushing Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Flushing Financial is more favorable than Northwest Bancshares.
In the previous week, Flushing Financial had 5 more articles in the media than Northwest Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Flushing Financial and 1 mentions for Northwest Bancshares. Northwest Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Flushing Financial's score of 1.24 indicating that Northwest Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Northwest Bancshares received 28 more outperform votes than Flushing Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.20% of users gave Northwest Bancshares an outperform vote while only 50.93% of users gave Flushing Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Northwest Bancshares and Flushing Financial tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FFIC) was last updated on 3/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff