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Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS) Competitors

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$273.93 -4.35 (-1.56%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

HIFS vs. AGM, NWBI, DCOM, BHLB, OCFC, BRKL, CFFN, TRST, TREE, and NFBK

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), LendingTree (TREE), and Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.

Hingham Institution for Savings vs.

Federal Agricultural Mortgage (NYSE:AGM) and Hingham Institution for Savings (NASDAQ:HIFS) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.

68.0% of Federal Agricultural Mortgage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.3% of Hingham Institution for Savings 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Hingham Institution for Savings had 1 more articles in the media than Federal Agricultural Mortgage. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Hingham Institution for Savings and 3 mentions for Federal Agricultural Mortgage. Hingham Institution for Savings' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Federal Agricultural Mortgage's score of 0.13 indicating that Hingham Institution for Savings is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Federal Agricultural Mortgage
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Hingham Institution for Savings
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Federal Agricultural MortgageOutperform Votes
218
64.50%
Underperform Votes
120
35.50%
Hingham Institution for SavingsOutperform Votes
197
60.43%
Underperform Votes
129
39.57%

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Federal Agricultural Mortgage12.59% 20.14% 0.67%
Hingham Institution for Savings 10.95%2.28%0.21%

Federal Agricultural Mortgage has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hingham Institution for Savings has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Federal Agricultural Mortgage$1.42B1.58$200M$15.5513.26
Hingham Institution for Savings$190.57M3.09$26.37M$10.5625.94

Federal Agricultural Mortgage presently has a consensus price target of $215.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.25%. Given Federal Agricultural Mortgage's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Federal Agricultural Mortgage is more favorable than Hingham Institution for Savings.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Federal Agricultural Mortgage
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Hingham Institution for Savings
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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 an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Federal Agricultural Mortgage pays out 36.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hingham Institution for Savings pays out 23.9% 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 raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Hingham Institution for Savings has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years.

Summary

Federal Agricultural Mortgage beats Hingham Institution for Savings on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HIFS vs. The Competition

MetricHingham Institution for SavingsSavings institutions, except federal IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$588.24M$318.28M$11.20B$8.74B
Dividend Yield0.92%2.16%5.95%4.08%
P/E Ratio25.9415.8226.1713.55
Price / Sales3.092.5343.7887.67
Price / Cash37.8222.8318.6135.24
Price / Book1.441.023.715.93
Net Income$26.37M$16.85M$998.34M$225.73M
7 Day Performance-5.56%0.04%-0.06%-1.34%
1 Month Performance1.58%3.32%1.87%1.15%
1 Year Performance64.03%27.52%24.89%24.02%

Hingham Institution for Savings Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HIFS
Hingham Institution for Savings
1.7457 of 5 stars
$273.93
-1.6%
N/A+68.1%$588.24M$190.57M25.9487News Coverage
Positive News
AGM
Federal Agricultural Mortgage
4.2316 of 5 stars
$207.79
-1.2%
N/A+26.5%$2.26B$1.42B13.36185Insider Selling
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
2.293 of 5 stars
$14.65
-0.9%
N/A+31.3%$1.87B$701.74M19.282,165Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
DCOM
Dime Community Bancshares
3.2806 of 5 stars
$33.85
+0.3%
N/A+64.2%$1.33B$339.86M22.57820Insider Buying
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
BHLB
Berkshire Hills Bancorp
3.7285 of 5 stars
$30.70
-0.4%
N/A+44.6%$1.32B$619.08M32.321,340Short Interest ↓
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
3.3858 of 5 stars
$20.46
-1.3%
N/A+44.5%$1.20B$641.60M11.69878News Coverage
BRKL
Brookline Bancorp
4.0063 of 5 stars
$12.65
-0.5%
N/A+31.7%$1.13B$355.54M15.241,018Short Interest ↓
CFFN
Capitol Federal Financial
3.1824 of 5 stars
$6.83
-1.0%
N/A+30.8%$906.61M$382.09M23.55730Positive News
TRST
TrustCo Bank Corp NY
2.4247 of 5 stars
$36.74
-0.4%
N/A+31.8%$698.43M$244.52M14.70753Positive News
TREE
LendingTree
4.8875 of 5 stars
$48.45
-2.7%
N/A+185.5%$647.39M$773.05M-17.941,250Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
NFBK
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)
3.8801 of 5 stars
$13.46
-0.8%
N/A+38.3%$581.34M$220.69M21.03397Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:HIFS) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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