Flushing Financial (FFIC) Competitors

Flushing Financial (NASDAQ:FFIC) and Northwest Bancshares (NASDAQ:NWBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.

Is FFIC or NWBI a better dividend stock?

Flushing Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Northwest Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Flushing Financial pays out -62.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northwest Bancshares pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Flushing Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor FFIC or NWBI?

In the previous week, Flushing Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Northwest Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Flushing Financial and 1 mentions for Northwest Bancshares. Flushing Financial's average media sentiment score of -0.27 beat Northwest Bancshares' score of -1.05 indicating that Flushing Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Flushing Financial	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Northwest Bancshares	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Is FFIC or NWBI more profitable?

Northwest Bancshares has a net margin of 14.75% compared to Flushing Financial's net margin of -9.07%. Northwest Bancshares' return on equity of 9.24% beat Flushing Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flushing Financial	-9.07%	3.67%	0.28%
Northwest Bancshares	14.75%	9.24%	1.02%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FFIC or NWBI?

67.1% of Flushing Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.3% of Northwest Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Flushing Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Northwest Bancshares shares are held 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.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, FFIC or NWBI?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Flushing Financial	$137.32M	3.13	-$31.33M	-$1.42	-8.96
Northwest Bancshares	$756.21M	2.22	$100.28M	$0.90	14.61

Which has more volatility and risk, FFIC or NWBI?

Flushing Financial has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northwest Bancshares has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer FFIC or NWBI?

Flushing Financial currently has a consensus target price of $16.17, suggesting a potential upside of 27.00%. Northwest Bancshares has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.07%. Given Flushing Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Flushing Financial is more favorable than Northwest Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flushing Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Northwest Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

Flushing Financial beats Northwest Bancshares on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.