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IF Bancorp (IROQ) Competitors

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$24.23 +0.65 (+2.76%)
Closing price 03/26/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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IROQ vs. FMAO, NEWT, NECB, SSBK, PBFS, PDLB, CIVB, GHI, RBB, and SNFCA

Should you be buying IF Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IF Bancorp include Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO), NewtekOne (NEWT), Northeast Community Bancorp (NECB), Southern States Bancshares (SSBK), Pioneer Bancorp (PBFS), Ponce Financial Group (PDLB), Civista Bancshares (CIVB), Greystone Housing Impact Investors (GHI), RBB Bancorp (RBB), and Security National Financial (SNFCA). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

IF Bancorp vs.

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (NASDAQ:FMAO) and IF Bancorp (NASDAQ:IROQ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp has a net margin of 14.48% compared to IF Bancorp's net margin of 6.18%. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's return on equity of 7.97% beat IF Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp14.48% 7.97% 0.78%
IF Bancorp 6.18%3.97%0.34%

In the previous week, Farmers & Merchants Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than IF Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Farmers & Merchants Bancorp and 1 mentions for IF Bancorp. IF Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's score of 1.03 indicating that IF Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp Positive
IF Bancorp Very Positive

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than IF Bancorp. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IF Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp$98.90M3.36$25.94M$1.9012.76
IF Bancorp$23.61M3.44$1.79M$0.9326.05

24.0% of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.1% of IF Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of IF Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IF Bancorp has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $24.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.99%. Given Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Farmers & Merchants Bancorp is more favorable than IF Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
IF Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp received 87 more outperform votes than IF Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.03% of users gave IF Bancorp an outperform vote while only 57.61% of users gave Farmers & Merchants Bancorp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Farmers & Merchants BancorpOutperform Votes
193
57.61%
Underperform Votes
142
42.39%
IF BancorpOutperform Votes
106
65.03%
Underperform Votes
57
34.97%

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. IF Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp pays out 46.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IF Bancorp pays out 43.0% 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. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp has increased its dividend for 19 consecutive years. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp beats IF Bancorp on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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IROQ vs. The Competition

MetricIF BancorpFederal savings institutions IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$81.22M$3.14B$11.37B$8.13B
Dividend Yield1.65%3.51%5.57%4.00%
P/E Ratio26.0515.9522.8519.09
Price / Sales3.443.7125.6394.71
Price / Cash36.3119.1117.6134.64
Price / Book1.070.912.784.36
Net Income$1.79M$352.78M$1.03B$247.23M
7 Day Performance-1.20%0.03%0.86%-0.34%
1 Month Performance1.59%-1.02%496.49%-3.60%
1 Year Performance44.66%11.96%536.82%2.01%

IF Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IROQ
IF Bancorp
1.707 of 5 stars
$24.23
+2.8%
N/A+44.7%$81.22M$23.61M26.05110Positive News
Gap Up
FMAO
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp
2.1242 of 5 stars
$23.62
-0.1%
$24.00
+1.6%
+7.7%$323.59M$98.90M12.43430Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
NEWT
NewtekOne
2.9667 of 5 stars
$12.19
-0.1%
$14.67
+20.3%
+13.8%$320.66M$220.51M6.81100
NECB
Northeast Community Bancorp
2.6336 of 5 stars
$22.86
+0.2%
N/A+51.9%$320.52M$105.55M6.39130Dividend Increase
SSBK
Southern States Bancshares
1.9538 of 5 stars
$31.90
-0.5%
$35.50
+11.3%
+30.1%$315.33M$99.10M8.69200Positive News
PBFS
Pioneer Bancorp
0.978 of 5 stars
$11.98
-0.2%
N/A+20.8%$309.66M$79.44M16.41260Short Interest ↑
PDLB
Ponce Financial Group
1.2933 of 5 stars
$12.80
+0.3%
N/A+47.7%$305.01M$81.14M27.23250Positive News
CIVB
Civista Bancshares
4.4807 of 5 stars
$19.68
+1.7%
$23.40
+18.9%
+32.2%$304.63M$151.91M9.74440News Coverage
Positive News
GHI
Greystone Housing Impact Investors
4.0619 of 5 stars
$13.04
+3.0%
$17.38
+33.3%
-23.9%$302.06M$40.00M16.93N/AShort Interest ↓
Positive News
RBB
RBB Bancorp
4.4575 of 5 stars
$17.02
+0.4%
$21.25
+24.9%
-1.7%$301.14M$114.70M11.66360Short Interest ↑
Positive News
SNFCA
Security National Financial
2.9236 of 5 stars
$12.27
+0.7%
N/A+67.5%$297.85M$331.06M9.991,473
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This page (NASDAQ:IROQ) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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