FOA vs. BHRB, FMBH, PGY, GHLD, OPFI, CFB, NBBK, NBN, FUFU, and OSBC
Should you be buying Finance of America Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Finance of America Companies include Burke & Herbert Financial Services (BHRB), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Pagaya Technologies (PGY), Guild (GHLD), OppFi (OPFI), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), NB Bancorp (NBBK), Northeast Bank (NBN), BitFuFu (FUFU), and Old Second Bancorp (OSBC). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Finance of America Companies vs.
Finance of America Companies (NYSE:FOA) and Burke & Herbert Financial Services (NASDAQ:BHRB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.
Finance of America Companies has a net margin of 18.89% compared to Burke & Herbert Financial Services' net margin of 8.88%. Burke & Herbert Financial Services' return on equity of 15.15% beat Finance of America Companies' return on equity.
In the previous week, Finance of America Companies had 6 more articles in the media than Burke & Herbert Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Finance of America Companies and 2 mentions for Burke & Herbert Financial Services. Burke & Herbert Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Finance of America Companies' score of 0.39 indicating that Burke & Herbert Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Finance of America Companies received 17 more outperform votes than Burke & Herbert Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.72% of users gave Finance of America Companies an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Burke & Herbert Financial Services an outperform vote.
Burke & Herbert Financial Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Finance of America Companies. Burke & Herbert Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Finance of America Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
97.2% of Finance of America Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 15.6% of Finance of America Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Burke & Herbert Financial Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Finance of America Companies presently has a consensus target price of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.52%. Burke & Herbert Financial Services has a consensus target price of $76.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.80%. Given Burke & Herbert Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Burke & Herbert Financial Services is more favorable than Finance of America Companies.
Summary
Burke & Herbert Financial Services beats Finance of America Companies on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FOA) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
