WVS Financial (WVFC) Competitors

First Northwest Bancorp (NASDAQ:FNWB) and WVS Financial (NASDAQ:WVFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FNWB or WVFC?

66.1% of First Northwest Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of WVS Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of First Northwest Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.5% of WVS Financial 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.

Is FNWB or WVFC more profitable?

WVS Financial has a net margin of 8.97% compared to First Northwest Bancorp's net margin of -4.79%. WVS Financial's return on equity of 15.57% beat First Northwest Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Northwest Bancorp	-4.79%	-0.18%	-0.01%
WVS Financial	8.97%	15.57%	1.63%

Is FNWB or WVFC a better dividend stock?

First Northwest Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. WVS Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. First Northwest Bancorp pays out -43.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WVS Financial 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.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, FNWB or WVFC?

First Northwest Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than WVS Financial. First Northwest Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WVS Financial, 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
First Northwest Bancorp	$104.92M	0.98	$2.29M	-$0.65	-16.82
WVS Financial	$16.11M	1.47	$1.38M	$0.93	13.49

Which has more volatility and risk, FNWB or WVFC?

First Northwest Bancorp has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WVS Financial has a beta of 0.26, meaning that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate FNWB or WVFC?

First Northwest Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $12.25, suggesting a potential upside of 12.08%. Given First Northwest Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Northwest Bancorp is more favorable than WVS Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Northwest Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
WVS Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor FNWB or WVFC?

In the previous week, First Northwest Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than WVS Financial. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for First Northwest Bancorp and 0 mentions for WVS Financial. First Northwest Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat WVS Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that First Northwest Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Northwest Bancorp	Neutral
WVS Financial	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FNWB or WVFC?

First Northwest Bancorp received 99 more outperform votes than WVS Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.49% of users gave WVS Financial an outperform vote while only 67.07% of users gave First Northwest Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Northwest Bancorp	Outperform Votes 222 67.07%	Underperform Votes 109 32.93%
WVS Financial	Outperform Votes 123 69.49%	Underperform Votes 54 30.51%

Summary

First Northwest Bancorp beats WVS Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.