FFNW vs. HMST, OVBC, CBFV, CIZN, FFIC, TRST, CBAN, COFS, MBCN, and NWFL
Should you be buying First Financial Northwest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Financial Northwest include HomeStreet (HMST), Ohio Valley Banc (OVBC), CB Financial Services (CBFV), Citizens (CIZN), Flushing Financial (FFIC), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Colony Bankcorp (CBAN), ChoiceOne Financial Services (COFS), Middlefield Banc (MBCN), and Norwood Financial (NWFL). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
First Financial Northwest (NASDAQ:FFNW) and HomeStreet (NASDAQ:HMST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
First Financial Northwest has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HomeStreet has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
First Financial Northwest has a net margin of 3.78% compared to HomeStreet's net margin of -8.97%. First Financial Northwest's return on equity of 1.94% beat HomeStreet's return on equity.
In the previous week, HomeStreet had 1 more articles in the media than First Financial Northwest. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for HomeStreet and 9 mentions for First Financial Northwest. First Financial Northwest's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat HomeStreet's score of -0.05 indicating that First Financial Northwest is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First Financial Northwest has higher earnings, but lower revenue than HomeStreet. HomeStreet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Financial Northwest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HomeStreet received 51 more outperform votes than First Financial Northwest when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.81% of users gave First Financial Northwest an outperform vote while only 55.14% of users gave HomeStreet an outperform vote.
55.0% of First Financial Northwest shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of HomeStreet shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of First Financial Northwest shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of HomeStreet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
First Financial Northwest presently has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.69%. HomeStreet has a consensus price target of $12.17, indicating a potential upside of 10.21%. Given First Financial Northwest's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Financial Northwest is more favorable than HomeStreet.
Summary
First Financial Northwest beats HomeStreet on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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