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Flushing Financial (FFIC) Competitors

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FFIC vs. IBCP, INDB, OCFC, STBA, STEL, TCBK, UVSP, WASH, WSBC, and PFS

Should you be buying Flushing Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flushing Financial include Independent Bank (IBCP), Independent Bank (INDB), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Stellarone (STEL), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (UVSP), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), WesBanco (WSBC), and Provident Financial Services (PFS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Flushing Financial vs. Its Competitors

Flushing Financial (NASDAQ:FFIC) and Independent Bank (NASDAQ:IBCP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Flushing Financial has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Independent Bank has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Flushing Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Independent Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Flushing Financial pays out -73.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Independent Bank pays out 33.9% 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. Independent Bank has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Flushing Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Independent Bank has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Flushing Financial. Flushing Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Independent Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Flushing Financial$484.72M0.97-$31.33M-$1.19-11.64
Independent Bank$323.14M2.00$66.79M$3.0710.18

In the previous week, Flushing Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Independent Bank. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Flushing Financial and 0 mentions for Independent Bank. Independent Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Flushing Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Independent Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Flushing Financial Neutral
Independent Bank Positive

Independent Bank has a net margin of 20.31% compared to Flushing Financial's net margin of -7.13%. Independent Bank's return on equity of 14.05% beat Flushing Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Flushing Financial-7.13% 4.45% 0.35%
Independent Bank 20.31%14.05%1.21%

67.1% of Flushing Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Independent Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Flushing Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Independent Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Independent Bank has a consensus target price of $36.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.20%. Given Independent Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Independent Bank is more favorable than Flushing Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Flushing Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
Independent Bank
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

Summary

Independent Bank beats Flushing Financial on 14 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

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FFIC vs. The Competition

MetricFlushing FinancialFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$467.01M$592.02M$12.69B$10.62B
Dividend Yield6.40%3.20%5.51%4.70%
P/E Ratio-11.6213.5830.3327.13
Price / Sales0.972.2629.98206.21
Price / Cash14.7816.0619.7631.12
Price / Book0.641.082.316.68
Net Income-$31.33M$36.82M$1.02B$275.95M
7 Day Performance0.54%0.45%0.53%3.24%
1 Month Performance2.32%-0.26%1.09%10.67%
1 Year Performance-1.67%10.54%542.82%33.82%

Flushing Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FFIC
Flushing Financial
2.1768 of 5 stars
$13.85
+0.7%
N/A-2.3%$467.01M$484.72M-11.62540
IBCP
Independent Bank
3.968 of 5 stars
$31.32
-0.1%
$36.00
+14.9%
-4.6%$649.24M$323.14M10.20920
INDB
Independent Bank
3.7274 of 5 stars
$70.15
-1.4%
$71.00
+1.2%
+19.8%$3.55B$980.77M15.841,837Positive News
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
3.9723 of 5 stars
$18.11
-0.7%
$20.67
+14.1%
+1.1%$1.05B$692.36M12.84960Positive News
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.578 of 5 stars
$38.67
-1.6%
$42.00
+8.6%
-5.8%$1.51B$564.96M11.341,206
STEL
Stellarone
1.6468 of 5 stars
$30.42
+9.7%
$31.00
+1.9%
+21.0%$1.55B$625.45M13.831,025Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
TCBK
TriCo Bancshares
3.6395 of 5 stars
$45.13
-0.2%
$47.60
+5.5%
+6.6%$1.47B$531.04M13.271,201Positive News
UVSP
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
3.5794 of 5 stars
$30.86
-1.1%
$29.00
-6.0%
+9.3%$899.01M$500.41M11.26970
WASH
Washington Trust Bancorp
2.6356 of 5 stars
$29.64
-0.8%
$29.00
-2.2%
-7.0%$572.17M$403.73M-19.63650
WSBC
WesBanco
4.8523 of 5 stars
$32.05
-0.7%
$38.83
+21.2%
+11.7%$3.10B$953.62M19.312,195
PFS
Provident Financial Services
3.7959 of 5 stars
$19.77
-0.7%
$22.70
+14.8%
+10.6%$2.60B$1.14B11.171,801Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:FFIC) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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