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Flushing Financial (FFIC) Competitors

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$12.73 +0.24 (+1.92%)
As of 07/3/2025 01:04 PM Eastern
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FFIC vs. NWBI, DCOM, BHLB, OCFC, BRKL, CFFN, TRST, NFBK, TREE, and KRNY

Should you be buying Flushing Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flushing Financial include Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Northfield Bancorp (NFBK), LendingTree (TREE), and Kearny Financial (KRNY). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.

Flushing Financial vs. Its Competitors

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Flushing Financial$484.72M0.89-$31.33M-$1.42-8.96
Northwest Bancshares$545.45M3.08$100.28M$0.9014.61

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.

Flushing Financial currently has a consensus price target of $16.17, suggesting a potential upside of 27.00%. Northwest Bancshares has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.07%. Given Flushing Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly 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

67.1% of Flushing Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.3% of Northwest Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Flushing Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Northwest Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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%

In the previous week, Flushing Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Northwest Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Flushing Financial and 2 mentions for Northwest Bancshares. Northwest Bancshares' average media sentiment score of -0.09 beat Flushing Financial's score of -0.42 indicating that Northwest Bancshares 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
Northwest Bancshares
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.

Summary

Flushing Financial and Northwest Bancshares tied by winning 9 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

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$636.88M$12.20B$9.03B
Dividend Yield6.91%3.29%5.53%3.99%
P/E Ratio-8.9610.2920.0520.25
Price / Sales0.892.0326.09161.89
Price / Cash13.6715.2021.7058.10
Price / Book0.591.032.285.67
Net Income-$31.33M$33.50M$1.00B$249.21M
7 Day Performance6.88%3.26%2.25%3.28%
1 Month Performance5.21%4.16%3.69%3.95%
1 Year Performance1.76%19.08%541.99%20.98%

Flushing Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FFIC
Flushing Financial
3.6438 of 5 stars
$12.73
+1.9%
$16.17
+27.0%
+1.8%$429.98M$484.72M-8.96540News Coverage
Analyst Revision
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
3.3753 of 5 stars
$12.53
+2.8%
$15.00
+19.7%
+17.0%$1.56B$756.21M13.922,027Analyst Revision
DCOM
Dime Community Bancshares
3.6355 of 5 stars
$27.13
+3.1%
$36.88
+35.9%
+46.0%$1.15B$646.19M43.06820Analyst Revision
BHLB
Berkshire Hills Bancorp
4.2944 of 5 stars
$24.60
+3.3%
$31.13
+26.5%
+22.5%$1.10B$696.05M9.961,238Positive News
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
4.3072 of 5 stars
$17.11
+2.8%
$20.67
+20.8%
+22.2%$972.09M$692.36M11.18960News Coverage
Analyst Revision
BRKL
Brookline Bancorp
4.3614 of 5 stars
$10.31
+2.7%
$15.25
+47.9%
+34.2%$894.61M$654.14M12.57850
CFFN
Capitol Federal Financial
2.8849 of 5 stars
$5.91
+2.2%
$6.50
+10.0%
+20.4%$767.59M$382.09M14.78730Positive News
TRST
TrustCo Bank Corp NY
1.9522 of 5 stars
$31.72
+2.9%
N/A+27.9%$586.38M$263.15M11.84820News Coverage
NFBK
Northfield Bancorp
3.55 of 5 stars
$11.56
+2.7%
$13.00
+12.5%
+31.6%$479.97M$254.73M15.21400Positive News
Analyst Revision
TREE
LendingTree
4.5111 of 5 stars
$35.61
+2.1%
$64.13
+80.1%
-5.9%$471.97M$900.22M-8.621,250
KRNY
Kearny Financial
1.9986 of 5 stars
$6.18
+2.8%
$7.75
+25.4%
+20.9%$388.12M$326.88M-5.42552News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:FFIC) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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