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Franklin Financial Services (FRAF) Competitors

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$39.20 -0.14 (-0.36%)
Closing price 04/28/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$39.13 -0.07 (-0.18%)
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FRAF vs. NBBK, PGY, ESQ, BFST, OSBC, FUFU, EQBK, MCB, IBCP, and SMBC

Should you be buying Franklin Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franklin Financial Services include NB Bancorp (NBBK), Pagaya Technologies (PGY), Esquire Financial (ESQ), Business First Bancshares (BFST), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), BitFuFu (FUFU), Equity Bancshares (EQBK), Metropolitan Bank (MCB), Independent Bank (IBCP), and Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Franklin Financial Services vs.

Franklin Financial Services (NASDAQ:FRAF) and NB Bancorp (NASDAQ:NBBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

NB Bancorp has a net margin of 13.86% compared to Franklin Financial Services' net margin of 9.64%. Franklin Financial Services' return on equity of 7.91% beat NB Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Franklin Financial Services9.64% 7.91% 0.54%
NB Bancorp 13.86%6.04%0.93%

In the previous week, NB Bancorp had 9 more articles in the media than Franklin Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for NB Bancorp and 2 mentions for Franklin Financial Services. Franklin Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat NB Bancorp's score of 0.81 indicating that Franklin Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Franklin Financial Services
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
NB Bancorp
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

NB Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Financial Services. NB Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Financial Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Franklin Financial Services$69.89M2.49$11.10M$2.4915.74
NB Bancorp$177.98M4.01$42.15M$1.1814.45

24.8% of Franklin Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. 6.9% of Franklin Financial Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of NB 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.

NB Bancorp received 3 more outperform votes than Franklin Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Franklin Financial ServicesN/AN/A
NB BancorpOutperform Votes
3
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

Franklin Financial Services has a beta of 0.18, indicating that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NB Bancorp has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

NB Bancorp has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.03%. Given NB Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NB Bancorp is more favorable than Franklin Financial Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Franklin Financial Services
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
NB Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

NB Bancorp beats Franklin Financial Services on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FRAF vs. The Competition

MetricFranklin Financial ServicesState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$174.05M$3.04B$11.06B$7.80B
Dividend Yield3.22%3.87%5.82%4.24%
P/E Ratio15.7422.8821.9718.46
Price / Sales2.493.0025.96104.12
Price / Cash9.0210.6317.5934.62
Price / Book1.291.152.634.21
Net Income$11.10M$372.21M$1.03B$248.18M
7 Day Performance1.55%4.92%3.75%7.25%
1 Month Performance10.73%-1.38%-0.91%0.53%
1 Year Performance28.95%16.77%537.98%4.89%

Franklin Financial Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FRAF
Franklin Financial Services
1.9064 of 5 stars
$39.20
-0.4%
N/A+28.9%$174.05M$69.89M15.74280Positive News
NBBK
NB Bancorp
3.89 of 5 stars
$16.30
-0.7%
$22.00
+35.0%
+17.4%$682.04M$172.73M15.23342Earnings Report
Short Interest ↓
PGY
Pagaya Technologies
4.1906 of 5 stars
$8.98
-5.0%
$20.61
+129.5%
+6.0%$676.18M$1.00B-1.63800
ESQ
Esquire Financial
1.9293 of 5 stars
$79.17
-1.7%
$88.00
+11.2%
+71.3%$667.56M$124.82M15.34110Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
BFST
Business First Bancshares
4.0796 of 5 stars
$22.48
-1.1%
$31.50
+40.1%
+11.7%$664.78M$270.37M9.95750Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
OSBC
Old Second Bancorp
3.725 of 5 stars
$14.68
-0.7%
$20.90
+42.4%
+13.8%$661.29M$279.90M7.85890Earnings Report
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
FUFU
BitFuFu
3.2479 of 5 stars
$4.00
-7.4%
$7.00
+75.0%
+19.7%$652.43M$463.33M11.4329Gap Up
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
3.4105 of 5 stars
$36.72
+0.7%
$46.60
+26.9%
+15.4%$642.93M$225.03M9.23700Positive News
MCB
Metropolitan Bank
3.3404 of 5 stars
$56.05
+2.6%
$78.13
+39.4%
+45.2%$629.16M$276.91M9.47240Earnings Report
IBCP
Independent Bank
2.9747 of 5 stars
$29.99
-0.4%
$39.17
+30.6%
+23.3%$628.98M$215.80M9.49920Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
SMBC
Southern Missouri Bancorp
4.3614 of 5 stars
$49.47
+0.5%
$70.00
+41.5%
+28.6%$591.61M$171.80M10.80540Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑

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