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BankFinancial (BFIN) Competitors

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BFIN vs. NFBK, TREE, KRNY, HBCP, FFIC, WSBF, HMST, FFNW, ESSA, and PROV

Should you be buying BankFinancial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BankFinancial include Northfield Bancorp (NFBK), LendingTree (TREE), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Home Bancorp (HBCP), Flushing Financial (FFIC), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), HomeStreet (HMST), First Financial Northwest (FFNW), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), and Provident Financial (PROV). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.

BankFinancial vs. Its Competitors

BankFinancial (NASDAQ:BFIN) and Northfield Bancorp (NASDAQ:NFBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and earnings.

BankFinancial pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Northfield Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. BankFinancial pays out 62.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northfield Bancorp pays out 68.4% 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.

BankFinancial has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northfield Bancorp has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Northfield Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than BankFinancial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Northfield Bancorp and 1 mentions for BankFinancial. BankFinancial's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Northfield Bancorp's score of -0.18 indicating that BankFinancial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BankFinancial
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Northfield Bancorp
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

74.9% of BankFinancial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.5% of Northfield Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 12.2% of BankFinancial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Northfield Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Northfield Bancorp has a net margin of 12.35% compared to BankFinancial's net margin of 6.05%. Northfield Bancorp's return on equity of 4.34% beat BankFinancial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BankFinancial6.05% 2.82% 0.31%
Northfield Bancorp 12.35%4.34%0.53%

Northfield Bancorp has a consensus price target of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.23%. Given Northfield Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Northfield Bancorp is more favorable than BankFinancial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BankFinancial
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Northfield Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Northfield Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than BankFinancial. Northfield Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BankFinancial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BankFinancial$74.36M1.96$4.07M$0.6418.32
Northfield Bancorp$254.73M2.03$29.94M$0.7615.95

Summary

Northfield Bancorp beats BankFinancial on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BFIN vs. The Competition

MetricBankFinancialFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$147.78M$620.14M$11.85B$8.92B
Dividend Yield3.37%3.29%5.53%4.05%
P/E Ratio32.5310.2519.9920.13
Price / Sales1.962.2226.1292.89
Price / Cash34.8915.2018.7228.59
Price / Book0.931.032.265.60
Net Income$4.07M$33.50M$990.84M$248.49M

BankFinancial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BFIN
BankFinancial
2.4228 of 5 stars
$11.73
-1.1%
N/A+15.4%$147.78M$74.36M32.53209
NFBK
Northfield Bancorp
3.5231 of 5 stars
$11.48
-3.6%
$13.00
+13.2%
+29.2%$507.68M$254.73M15.11400
TREE
LendingTree
4.4916 of 5 stars
$37.07
+0.3%
$64.13
+73.0%
-7.1%$500.12M$900.22M-8.981,250
KRNY
Kearny Financial
1.9862 of 5 stars
$6.46
-0.2%
$7.75
+20.0%
+19.0%$417.83M$326.88M-5.67552
HBCP
Home Bancorp
2.6593 of 5 stars
$51.78
+0.1%
$55.50
+7.2%
+45.6%$403.72M$199.39M10.83440High Trading Volume
FFIC
Flushing Financial
3.6104 of 5 stars
$11.88
-0.3%
$16.17
+36.1%
+0.7%$402.28M$484.72M-8.37540
WSBF
Waterstone Financial
2.0134 of 5 stars
$13.81
-0.8%
N/A+8.0%$268.58M$202.47M13.54600Negative News
HMST
HomeStreet
1.8182 of 5 stars
$13.07
+3.6%
$14.17
+8.4%
+21.5%$238.78M$358.19M-1.74940
FFNW
First Financial Northwest
N/A$22.56
flat
$22.75
+0.8%
N/A$208.18M$37.56M205.11140
ESSA
ESSA Bancorp
1.6679 of 5 stars
$19.40
+0.8%
N/A+20.2%$195.48M$111.66M12.52250High Trading Volume
PROV
Provident Financial
3.9683 of 5 stars
$15.50
-1.4%
$16.00
+3.2%
+26.2%$105.18M$58.67M15.98160High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:BFIN) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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