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Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN) Competitors

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$6.23 -0.02 (-0.32%)
Closing price 07/25/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$6.23 0.00 (0.00%)
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CFFN vs. BRKL, DCOM, GSBC, NWBI, STBA, TOWN, UBSI, WSFS, CBU, and PFS

Should you be buying Capitol Federal Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capitol Federal Financial include Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Towne Bank (TOWN), United Bankshares (UBSI), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Community Financial System (CBU), and Provident Financial Services (PFS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Capitol Federal Financial vs. Its Competitors

Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ:CFFN) and Brookline Bancorp (NASDAQ:BRKL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and profitability.

Capitol Federal Financial has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookline Bancorp has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Brookline Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than Capitol Federal Financial. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Brookline Bancorp and 12 mentions for Capitol Federal Financial. Capitol Federal Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Brookline Bancorp's score of 0.79 indicating that Capitol Federal Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Capitol Federal Financial
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Brookline Bancorp
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

88.5% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.9% of Brookline Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Brookline Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Capitol Federal Financial has a net margin of 14.87% compared to Brookline Bancorp's net margin of 12.12%. Brookline Bancorp's return on equity of 6.69% beat Capitol Federal Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Capitol Federal Financial14.87% 5.92% 0.64%
Brookline Bancorp 12.12%6.69%0.71%

Capitol Federal Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Brookline Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Capitol Federal Financial pays out 85.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brookline Bancorp pays out 60.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Capitol Federal Financial presently has a consensus price target of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.33%. Brookline Bancorp has a consensus price target of $15.25, indicating a potential upside of 40.94%. Given Brookline Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brookline Bancorp is more favorable than Capitol Federal Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Capitol Federal Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Brookline Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Capitol Federal Financial$382.09M2.17$38.01M$0.4015.58
Brookline Bancorp$654.14M1.47$68.71M$0.8912.16

Summary

Brookline Bancorp beats Capitol Federal Financial on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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CFFN vs. The Competition

MetricCapitol Federal FinancialFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$830.01M$613.05M$12.26B$9.50B
Dividend Yield5.44%3.38%5.54%4.00%
P/E Ratio13.269.9919.0620.08
Price / Sales2.171.8526.1188.77
Price / Cash16.5115.1121.6358.56
Price / Book0.791.002.205.88
Net Income$38.01M$33.50M$998.02M$258.89M
7 Day Performance0.16%-0.47%0.59%3.71%
1 Month Performance2.13%2.84%3.47%11.72%
1 Year Performance-3.86%5.46%536.27%18.00%

Capitol Federal Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CFFN
Capitol Federal Financial
3.2327 of 5 stars
$6.23
-0.3%
$6.50
+4.3%
-0.6%$830.01M$382.09M13.26730News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
BRKL
Brookline Bancorp
4.8489 of 5 stars
$11.20
+1.8%
$15.25
+36.2%
+3.8%$998.03M$654.14M13.66850News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
DCOM
Dime Community Bancshares
3.9497 of 5 stars
$29.00
+1.1%
$36.88
+27.2%
+14.0%$1.27B$646.19M46.03820News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
GSBC
Great Southern Bancorp
2.0821 of 5 stars
$61.61
+2.3%
$59.50
-3.4%
-8.2%$706.54M$224.01M11.001,108Positive News
High Trading Volume
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
3.6375 of 5 stars
$13.53
+1.0%
$15.00
+10.9%
-10.8%$1.73B$756.21M15.032,027Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
STBA
S&T Bancorp
4.069 of 5 stars
$39.67
+1.2%
$41.67
+5.0%
-16.0%$1.52B$381.33M11.431,206Trending News
Earnings Report
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.7644 of 5 stars
$35.75
+1.0%
$40.00
+11.9%
+7.1%$2.68B$1.03B15.152,720News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.8947 of 5 stars
$37.95
+1.0%
$40.63
+7.0%
-5.6%$5.39B$1.63B14.112,553News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.0443 of 5 stars
$58.98
+1.3%
$62.75
+6.4%
-1.3%$3.35B$1.05B13.252,309Trending News
Earnings Report
CBU
Community Financial System
4.9162 of 5 stars
$58.42
+0.5%
$71.00
+21.5%
-13.2%$3.09B$765.28M16.182,918News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PFS
Provident Financial Services
3.8879 of 5 stars
$18.78
+1.3%
$23.60
+25.7%
+2.7%$2.45B$789.01M16.911,801Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:CFFN) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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