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Flushing Financial (FFIC) Competitors

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$12.60 -0.13 (-1.02%)
As of 07/7/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

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.

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
Hope Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Flushing Financial$484.72M0.88-$31.33M-$1.42-8.87
Hope Bancorp$1.00B1.45$99.63M$0.7814.58

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.

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
Hope Bancorp
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Flushing Financial-9.07% 3.67% 0.28%
Hope Bancorp 9.82%4.60%0.57%

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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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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FFIC vs. The Competition

MetricFlushing FinancialFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$429.98M$636.87M$12.02B$9.02B
Dividend Yield6.91%3.29%5.53%4.08%
P/E Ratio-8.8710.2019.9520.04
Price / Sales0.881.9525.73100.83
Price / Cash13.6715.2018.7228.59
Price / Book0.591.022.255.55
Net Income-$31.33M$33.50M$990.08M$248.49M
7 Day Performance2.86%1.12%0.55%4.87%
1 Month Performance4.13%3.55%3.39%6.63%
1 Year Performance-0.63%17.74%540.31%20.38%

Flushing Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FFIC
Flushing Financial
3.6052 of 5 stars
$12.60
-1.0%
$16.17
+28.3%
+0.7%$429.98M$484.72M-8.87540
HOPE
Hope Bancorp
4.8773 of 5 stars
$11.37
-1.6%
$13.50
+18.7%
+9.6%$1.48B$1.00B14.581,244Positive News
IBCP
Independent Bank
3.0074 of 5 stars
$33.93
-1.9%
$36.67
+8.1%
+33.0%$716.94M$323.14M10.81920Positive News
INDB
Independent Bank
4.2029 of 5 stars
$65.27
-2.5%
$71.00
+8.8%
+36.1%$2.85B$980.77M14.701,837High Trading Volume
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
4.2836 of 5 stars
$18.49
-1.5%
$20.67
+11.8%
+20.5%$1.10B$379.09M12.09960
STEL
Stellarone
1.7716 of 5 stars
$29.57
+6.6%
$29.00
-1.9%
+33.2%$1.55B$625.45M13.491,025Gap Up
TCBK
TriCo Bancshares
3.0467 of 5 stars
$42.38
-1.4%
$47.80
+12.8%
+12.3%$1.41B$531.04M12.361,201
UVSP
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
3.3978 of 5 stars
$32.01
-2.1%
$29.00
-9.4%
+44.1%$944.38M$500.41M11.99970
WASH
Washington Trust Bancorp
2.6886 of 5 stars
$29.60
-0.2%
$31.00
+4.7%
+14.6%$571.98M$403.73M-18.97650
WSBC
WesBanco
4.8794 of 5 stars
$33.33
-1.1%
$38.71
+16.2%
+22.9%$3.22B$953.62M21.782,195
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.1272 of 5 stars
$18.56
-1.6%
$23.60
+27.2%
+30.5%$2.46B$1.14B16.721,801

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This page (NASDAQ:FFIC) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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