Northeast Bank (NBN) Competitors

Northeast Bank (NASDAQ:NBN) and First Hawaiian (NASDAQ:FHB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NBN or FHB?

97.6% of First Hawaiian shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.2% of Northeast Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of First Hawaiian shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer NBN or FHB?

Northeast Bank currently has a consensus target price of $97.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.76%. First Hawaiian has a consensus target price of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.52%. Given First Hawaiian's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First Hawaiian is more favorable than Northeast Bank.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Northeast Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
First Hawaiian	3 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.57

Does the media prefer NBN or FHB?

In the previous week, First Hawaiian had 3 more articles in the media than Northeast Bank. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for First Hawaiian and 0 mentions for Northeast Bank. First Hawaiian's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Northeast Bank's score of 0.00 indicating that First Hawaiian is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Northeast Bank	Neutral
First Hawaiian	Very Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, NBN or FHB?

First Hawaiian has higher revenue and earnings than Northeast Bank. Northeast Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Hawaiian, 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
Northeast Bank	$263.77M	3.09	$58.23M	$8.59	11.55
First Hawaiian	$1.17B	2.90	$230.13M	$1.79	14.79

Which has more risk and volatility, NBN or FHB?

Northeast Bank has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Hawaiian has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NBN or FHB more profitable?

Northeast Bank has a net margin of 22.87% compared to First Hawaiian's net margin of 19.74%. First Hawaiian's return on equity of 8.91% beat Northeast Bank's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northeast Bank	22.87%	N/A	N/A
First Hawaiian	19.74%	8.91%	0.96%

Is NBN or FHB a better dividend stock?

Northeast Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. First Hawaiian pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Northeast Bank pays out 0.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Hawaiian pays out 58.1% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NBN or FHB?

First Hawaiian received 133 more outperform votes than Northeast Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave Northeast Bank an outperform vote while only 49.91% of users gave First Hawaiian an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northeast Bank	Outperform Votes 147 60.00%	Underperform Votes 98 40.00%
First Hawaiian	Outperform Votes 280 49.91%	Underperform Votes 281 50.09%

Summary

First Hawaiian beats Northeast Bank on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.