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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
In the previous week, Flushing Financial had 4 more articles in the media than Independent Bank. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Flushing Financial and 4 mentions for Independent Bank. Flushing Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Independent Bank's score of 1.70 indicating that Flushing Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
67.1% of Flushing Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Independent Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Flushing Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Independent Bank shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Independent Bank has a consensus price target of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.42%. Given Independent Bank's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Independent Bank is more favorable than Flushing Financial.
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.
Flushing Financial has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Independent Bank has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Flushing Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. 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.
Summary
Independent Bank beats Flushing Financial on 12 of the 17 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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This page (NASDAQ:FFIC) was last updated on 9/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
