FFIC vs. NWBI, BHLB, DCOM, BRKL, OCFC, CFFN, TRST, TREE, 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), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), LendingTree (TREE), 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.
Flushing Financial (NASDAQ:FFIC) and Northwest Bancshares (NASDAQ:NWBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
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 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.
Flushing Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Northwest Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Flushing Financial pays out -87.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
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 51.14% of users gave Flushing Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Flushing Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Northwest Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Flushing Financial and 0 mentions for Northwest Bancshares. Flushing Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Northwest Bancshares' score of 0.00 indicating that Flushing Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Flushing Financial has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northwest Bancshares has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
67.1% of Flushing Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.3% of Northwest Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Flushing Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Northwest Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Flushing Financial presently has a consensus price target of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.12%. Northwest Bancshares has a consensus price target of $12.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.56%. Given Flushing Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Flushing Financial is more favorable than Northwest Bancshares.
Summary
Northwest Bancshares beats Flushing Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FFIC) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
