FNWB vs. AFBI, BSBK, SRBK, WMPN, ECBK, RBKB, CULL, PVBC, TCBS, and BCOW
Should you be buying First Northwest Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Northwest Bancorp include Affinity Bancshares (AFBI), Bogota Financial (BSBK), SR Bancorp (SRBK), William Penn Bancorporation (WMPN), ECB Bancorp (ECBK), Rhinebeck Bancorp (RBKB), Cullman Bancorp (CULL), Provident Bancorp (PVBC), Texas Community Bancshares (TCBS), and 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin (BCOW). These companies are all part of the "savings institutions, except federal" industry.
First Northwest Bancorp (NASDAQ:FNWB) and Affinity Bancshares (NASDAQ:AFBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.
Affinity Bancshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First Northwest Bancorp. Affinity Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Northwest Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, First Northwest Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than Affinity Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for First Northwest Bancorp and 4 mentions for Affinity Bancshares. First Northwest Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Affinity Bancshares' score of -0.33 indicating that First Northwest Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
66.1% of First Northwest Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.3% of Affinity Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of First Northwest Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Affinity Bancshares 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.
First Northwest Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.25%. Given First Northwest Bancorp's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe First Northwest Bancorp is more favorable than Affinity Bancshares.
First Northwest Bancorp received 221 more outperform votes than Affinity Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.00% of users gave First Northwest Bancorp an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Affinity Bancshares an outperform vote.
First Northwest Bancorp has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Affinity Bancshares has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Affinity Bancshares has a net margin of 14.28% compared to First Northwest Bancorp's net margin of 2.18%. Affinity Bancshares' return on equity of 5.42% beat First Northwest Bancorp's return on equity.
Summary
First Northwest Bancorp beats Affinity Bancshares on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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