FFWM vs. EBTC, BWB, WTBA, BSRR, RRBI, MOFG, ACNB, ORRF, FBIZ, and RBB
Should you be buying First Foundation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Foundation include Enterprise Bancorp (EBTC), Bridgewater Bancshares (BWB), West Bancorporation (WTBA), Sierra Bancorp (BSRR), Red River Bancshares (RRBI), MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG), ACNB (ACNB), Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF), First Business Financial Services (FBIZ), and RBB Bancorp (RBB). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
First Foundation (NASDAQ:FFWM) and Enterprise Bancorp (NASDAQ:EBTC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
In the previous week, First Foundation had 4 more articles in the media than Enterprise Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for First Foundation and 1 mentions for Enterprise Bancorp. Enterprise Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat First Foundation's score of 0.24 indicating that Enterprise Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Enterprise Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First Foundation. First Foundation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enterprise Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Enterprise Bancorp has a net margin of 15.80% compared to First Foundation's net margin of -32.44%. Enterprise Bancorp's return on equity of 11.28% beat First Foundation's return on equity.
First Foundation has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enterprise Bancorp has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
73.1% of First Foundation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.9% of Enterprise Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of First Foundation shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.7% of Enterprise Bancorp shares are owned 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.
First Foundation pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Enterprise Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. First Foundation pays out -1.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enterprise Bancorp pays out 33.0% 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.
First Foundation received 33 more outperform votes than Enterprise Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.89% of users gave Enterprise Bancorp an outperform vote while only 60.09% of users gave First Foundation an outperform vote.
First Foundation currently has a consensus target price of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 59.40%. Given First Foundation's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Foundation is more favorable than Enterprise Bancorp.
Summary
Enterprise Bancorp beats First Foundation on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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