FSFG vs. BFIN, RVSB, OFED, NFBK, KRNY, FMAO, NRIM, SBT, WSBF, and PDLB
Should you be buying First Savings Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Savings Financial Group include BankFinancial (BFIN), Riverview Bancorp (RVSB), Oconee Federal Financial (OFED), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO), Northrim BanCorp (NRIM), Sterling Bancorp (SBT), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), and Ponce Financial Group (PDLB). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
BankFinancial (NASDAQ:BFIN) and First Savings Financial Group (NASDAQ:FSFG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.
74.9% of BankFinancial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of First Savings Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.5% of BankFinancial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of First Savings Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BankFinancial has a net margin of 11.62% compared to BankFinancial's net margin of 5.59%. BankFinancial's return on equity of 7.91% beat First Savings Financial Group's return on equity.
BankFinancial has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Savings Financial Group has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Savings Financial Group received 3 more outperform votes than BankFinancial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.00% of users gave BankFinancial an outperform vote while only 51.97% of users gave First Savings Financial Group an outperform vote.
BankFinancial pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. First Savings Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. BankFinancial pays out 58.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Savings Financial Group pays out 55.6% 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 Savings Financial Group has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years.
First Savings Financial Group has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.13%. Given BankFinancial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Savings Financial Group is more favorable than BankFinancial.
BankFinancial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Savings Financial Group. BankFinancial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Savings Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, First Savings Financial Group had 2 more articles in the media than BankFinancial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for First Savings Financial Group and 3 mentions for BankFinancial. BankFinancial's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat First Savings Financial Group's score of 0.00 indicating that First Savings Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
First Savings Financial Group beats BankFinancial on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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