FNWD vs. NFBK, KRNY, FMAO, NRIM, SBT, WSBF, PDLB, CVLY, BCBP, and WNEB
Should you be buying Finward Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Finward Bancorp include Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO), Northrim BanCorp (NRIM), Sterling Bancorp (SBT), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), Ponce Financial Group (PDLB), Codorus Valley Bancorp (CVLY), BCB Bancorp (BCBP), and Western New England Bancorp (WNEB). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NASDAQ:NFBK) and Finward Bancorp (NASDAQ:FNWD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) received 221 more outperform votes than Finward Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Finward Bancorp has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Finward Bancorp has a net margin of 14.11% compared to Finward Bancorp's net margin of 14.02%. Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s return on equity of 11.12% beat Finward Bancorp's return on equity.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) presently has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.91%. Given Finward Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) is more favorable than Finward Bancorp.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) has higher revenue and earnings than Finward Bancorp. Finward Bancorp 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.
65.5% of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.6% of Finward Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Finward Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Finward Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY). MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Finward Bancorp and 2 mentions for Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY). Finward Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)'s score of 0.22 indicating that Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Finward Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) pays out 69.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Finward Bancorp pays out 13.3% 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.
Summary
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) beats Finward Bancorp on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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