First Foundation (FFWM) Competitors

Triumph Financial (NASDAQ:TFIN) and First Foundation (NASDAQ:FFWM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Is TFIN or FFWM more profitable?

Triumph Financial has a net margin of 3.30% compared to First Foundation's net margin of -13.94%. Triumph Financial's return on equity of 1.93% beat First Foundation's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Triumph Financial	3.30%	1.93%	0.28%
First Foundation	-13.94%	-0.73%	-0.05%

Do analysts rate TFIN or FFWM?

Triumph Financial presently has a consensus target price of $80.20, indicating a potential upside of 18.85%. First Foundation has a consensus target price of $6.75, indicating a potential upside of 34.87%. Given First Foundation's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Foundation is more favorable than Triumph Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Triumph Financial	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.60
First Foundation	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TFIN or FFWM?

91.1% of Triumph Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of First Foundation shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Triumph Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of First Foundation shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, TFIN or FFWM?

Triumph Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Foundation. First Foundation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Triumph Financial, 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
Triumph Financial	$487.93M	3.24	$16.09M	$0.54	124.97
First Foundation	$545.12M	0.76	-$92.41M	-$1.34	-3.74

Does the media prefer TFIN or FFWM?

In the previous week, Triumph Financial had 3 more articles in the media than First Foundation. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Triumph Financial and 1 mentions for First Foundation. First Foundation's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Triumph Financial's score of 0.31 indicating that First Foundation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Triumph Financial	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
First Foundation	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TFIN or FFWM?

First Foundation received 273 more outperform votes than Triumph Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.89% of users gave First Foundation an outperform vote while only 6.90% of users gave Triumph Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Triumph Financial	Outperform Votes 2 6.90%	Underperform Votes 27 93.10%
First Foundation	Outperform Votes 275 58.89%	Underperform Votes 192 41.11%

Which has more risk & volatility, TFIN or FFWM?

Triumph Financial has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Foundation has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Triumph Financial and First Foundation tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.