First Northwest Bancorp (FNWB) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, LDI or FNWB?

First Northwest Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than loanDepot. First Northwest Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than loanDepot, 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
loanDepot	$781.10M	0.46	-$110.14M	-$0.53	-2.08
First Northwest Bancorp	$61.02M	1.52	-$6.61M	-$0.35	-28.09

Do analysts recommend LDI or FNWB?

loanDepot currently has a consensus target price of $1.98, indicating a potential upside of 78.73%. First Northwest Bancorp has a consensus target price of $12.75, indicating a potential upside of 29.70%. Given loanDepot's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe loanDepot is more favorable than First Northwest Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
loanDepot	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
First Northwest Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is LDI or FNWB a better dividend stock?

loanDepot pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 434.4%. First Northwest Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. loanDepot pays out -905.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Northwest Bancorp pays out -80.0% 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. loanDepot is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is LDI or FNWB more profitable?

First Northwest Bancorp has a net margin of -2.38% compared to loanDepot's net margin of -8.95%. First Northwest Bancorp's return on equity of -1.86% beat loanDepot's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
loanDepot	-8.95%	-14.66%	-1.49%
First Northwest Bancorp	-2.38%	-1.86%	-0.13%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LDI or FNWB?

First Northwest Bancorp received 193 more outperform votes than loanDepot when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.07% of users gave First Northwest Bancorp an outperform vote while only 34.94% of users gave loanDepot an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
loanDepot	Outperform Votes 29 34.94%	Underperform Votes 54 65.06%
First Northwest Bancorp	Outperform Votes 222 66.07%	Underperform Votes 114 33.93%

Does the media refer more to LDI or FNWB?

In the previous week, loanDepot had 2 more articles in the media than First Northwest Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for loanDepot and 1 mentions for First Northwest Bancorp. First Northwest Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat loanDepot's score of 0.12 indicating that First Northwest Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
loanDepot	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
First Northwest Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, LDI or FNWB?

loanDepot has a beta of 3.38, indicating that its stock price is 238% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Northwest Bancorp has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in LDI or FNWB?

39.4% of loanDepot shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.1% of First Northwest Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 83.0% of loanDepot shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of First Northwest Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

First Northwest Bancorp beats loanDepot on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.