FFIC vs. HOPE, IBCP, INDB, OCFC, 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 Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Independent Bank (IBCP), Independent Bank (INDB), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), 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 Hope Bancorp (NASDAQ:HOPE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Flushing Financial currently has a consensus price target of $16.17, indicating a potential upside of 28.31%. Hope Bancorp has a consensus price target of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.73%. Given Flushing Financial's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Flushing Financial is more favorable than Hope Bancorp.
Flushing Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Hope Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Flushing Financial pays out -62.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hope Bancorp pays out 71.8% 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. Flushing Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Hope Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Flushing Financial. Flushing Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hope Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
67.1% of Flushing Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Hope Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Flushing Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Hope Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Flushing Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Hope Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Flushing Financial and 2 mentions for Hope Bancorp. Hope Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Flushing Financial's score of -0.42 indicating that Hope Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hope Bancorp has a net margin of 9.82% compared to Flushing Financial's net margin of -9.07%. Hope Bancorp's return on equity of 4.60% beat Flushing Financial's return on equity.
Flushing Financial has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hope Bancorp has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hope Bancorp beats Flushing Financial on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FFIC) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff