HIFS vs. AGM, NWBI, DCOM, BHLB, OCFC, BRKL, CFFN, TRST, NFBK, and TREE
Should you be buying Hingham Institution for Savings stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hingham Institution for Savings include Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), and LendingTree (TREE). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Hingham Institution for Savings vs.
Hingham Institution for Savings (NASDAQ:HIFS) and Federal Agricultural Mortgage (NYSE:AGM) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.
49.3% of Hingham Institution for Savings shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.0% of Federal Agricultural Mortgage shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Federal Agricultural Mortgage shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Federal Agricultural Mortgage received 21 more outperform votes than Hingham Institution for Savings when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.50% of users gave Federal Agricultural Mortgage an outperform vote while only 60.43% of users gave Hingham Institution for Savings an outperform vote.
Hingham Institution for Savings has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Federal Agricultural Mortgage has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Federal Agricultural Mortgage had 2 more articles in the media than Hingham Institution for Savings. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Federal Agricultural Mortgage and 0 mentions for Hingham Institution for Savings. Federal Agricultural Mortgage's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Hingham Institution for Savings' score of 0.94 indicating that Federal Agricultural Mortgage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Federal Agricultural Mortgage has a consensus target price of $215.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.78%. Given Federal Agricultural Mortgage's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Federal Agricultural Mortgage is more favorable than Hingham Institution for Savings.
Hingham Institution for Savings pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Federal Agricultural Mortgage pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Hingham Institution for Savings pays out 23.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Federal Agricultural Mortgage pays out 36.0% 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. Federal Agricultural Mortgage has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Federal Agricultural Mortgage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Federal Agricultural Mortgage has a net margin of 12.59% compared to Hingham Institution for Savings' net margin of 10.95%. Federal Agricultural Mortgage's return on equity of 20.14% beat Hingham Institution for Savings' return on equity.
Federal Agricultural Mortgage has higher revenue and earnings than Hingham Institution for Savings. Federal Agricultural Mortgage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hingham Institution for Savings, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Federal Agricultural Mortgage beats Hingham Institution for Savings on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HIFS) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
