HMST vs. FFNW, FFWM, FFIC, WASH, TRST, MVBF, FRBA, BMRC, JMSB, and BCML
Should you be buying HomeStreet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HomeStreet include First Financial Northwest (FFNW), First Foundation (FFWM), Flushing Financial (FFIC), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), MVB Financial (MVBF), First Bank (FRBA), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), John Marshall Bancorp (JMSB), and BayCom (BCML).
HomeStreet (NASDAQ:HMST) and First Financial Northwest (NASDAQ:FFNW) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
74.7% of HomeStreet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.0% of First Financial Northwest shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of HomeStreet shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of First Financial Northwest shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, HomeStreet had 2 more articles in the media than First Financial Northwest. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for HomeStreet and 7 mentions for First Financial Northwest. HomeStreet's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat First Financial Northwest's score of -0.28 indicating that HomeStreet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First Financial Northwest has a net margin of 7.79% compared to HomeStreet's net margin of -6.23%. First Financial Northwest's return on equity of 3.95% beat HomeStreet's return on equity.
First Financial Northwest has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
HomeStreet has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Financial Northwest has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
HomeStreet presently has a consensus price target of $12.17, indicating a potential upside of 12.86%. First Financial Northwest has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.08%. Given First Financial Northwest's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Financial Northwest is more favorable than HomeStreet.
Summary
First Financial Northwest beats HomeStreet on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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