First Northwest Bancorp (FNWB) Competitors

First Northwest Bancorp (NASDAQ:FNWB) and Guaranty Bancshares (NASDAQ:GNTY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FNWB or GNTY?

66.1% of First Northwest Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.4% of Guaranty Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of First Northwest Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.4% of Guaranty Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, FNWB or GNTY?

First Northwest Bancorp has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guaranty Bancshares has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer FNWB or GNTY?

In the previous week, Guaranty Bancshares had 3 more articles in the media than First Northwest Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Guaranty Bancshares and 2 mentions for First Northwest Bancorp. Guaranty Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat First Northwest Bancorp's score of 0.07 indicating that Guaranty Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Northwest Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Guaranty Bancshares	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FNWB or GNTY?

Guaranty Bancshares received 3 more outperform votes than First Northwest Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.07% of users gave First Northwest Bancorp an outperform vote while only 58.14% of users gave Guaranty Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Northwest Bancorp	Outperform Votes 222 67.07%	Underperform Votes 109 32.93%
Guaranty Bancshares	Outperform Votes 225 58.14%	Underperform Votes 162 41.86%

Do analysts rate FNWB or GNTY?

First Northwest Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $12.25, indicating a potential upside of 11.36%. Guaranty Bancshares has a consensus price target of $36.67, indicating a potential upside of 3.91%. Given First Northwest Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Northwest Bancorp is more favorable than Guaranty Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Northwest Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Guaranty Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is FNWB or GNTY more profitable?

Guaranty Bancshares has a net margin of 15.01% compared to First Northwest Bancorp's net margin of -4.79%. Guaranty Bancshares' return on equity of 8.86% beat First Northwest Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Northwest Bancorp	-4.79%	-0.18%	-0.01%
Guaranty Bancshares	15.01%	8.86%	0.88%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, FNWB or GNTY?

Guaranty Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than First Northwest Bancorp. First Northwest Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guaranty 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
First Northwest Bancorp	$56.84M	1.81	$2.29M	-$0.65	-16.92
Guaranty Bancshares	$179.01M	2.25	$30.04M	$2.39	14.76

Is FNWB or GNTY a better dividend stock?

First Northwest Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Guaranty Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. First Northwest Bancorp pays out -43.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Guaranty Bancshares pays out 40.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

Guaranty Bancshares beats First Northwest Bancorp on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.