Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK) Competitors

Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NASDAQ:NFBK) and Northwest Bancshares (NASDAQ:NWBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Is NFBK or NWBI more profitable?

Northwest Bancshares has a net margin of 13.19% compared to Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s net margin of 10.94%. Northwest Bancshares' return on equity of 8.24% beat Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)	10.94%	4.05%	0.49%
Northwest Bancshares	13.19%	8.24%	0.89%

Is NFBK or NWBI a better dividend stock?

Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Northwest Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) pays out 81.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Northwest Bancshares pays out 105.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts rate NFBK or NWBI?

Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) currently has a consensus price target of $12.63, suggesting a potential upside of 7.17%. Northwest Bancshares has a consensus price target of $12.50, suggesting a potential downside of 6.02%. Given Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) is more favorable than Northwest Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Northwest Bancshares	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Does the media favor NFBK or NWBI?

In the previous week, Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) had 7 more articles in the media than Northwest Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) and 4 mentions for Northwest Bancshares. Northwest Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s score of 0.16 indicating that Northwest Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Northwest Bancshares	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders believe in NFBK or NWBI?

65.5% of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.3% of Northwest Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Northwest Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NFBK or NWBI?

Northwest Bancshares received 53 more outperform votes than Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.20% of users gave Northwest Bancshares an outperform vote while only 54.84% of users gave Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)	Outperform Votes 221 54.84%	Underperform Votes 182 45.16%
Northwest Bancshares	Outperform Votes 274 57.20%	Underperform Votes 205 42.80%

Which has more risk & volatility, NFBK or NWBI?

Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northwest Bancshares has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, NFBK or NWBI?

Northwest Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY). Northwest Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY), 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
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)	$127.16M	3.97	$37.67M	$0.64	18.41
Northwest Bancshares	$502.26M	3.37	$134.96M	$0.76	17.50

Summary

Northwest Bancshares beats Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.