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Flushing Financial (FFIC) Competitors

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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

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

In the previous week, Hope Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than Flushing Financial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Hope Bancorp and 1 mentions for Flushing Financial. Hope Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Flushing Financial's score of 0.47 indicating that Hope Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hope Bancorp
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Flushing Financial
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Hope Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.53%. Flushing Financial has a consensus price target of $16.17, suggesting a potential upside of 29.44%. Given Flushing Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Flushing Financial is more favorable than Hope Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hope Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Flushing Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

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
Hope Bancorp$1.00B1.46$99.63M$0.7814.60
Flushing Financial$484.72M0.87-$31.33M-$1.42-8.80

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
Hope Bancorp9.82% 4.60% 0.57%
Flushing Financial -9.07%3.67%0.28%

84.0% of Hope Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Flushing Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Hope Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Flushing Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Hope Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Flushing Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Hope Bancorp pays out 71.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Flushing Financial pays out -62.0% 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 a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flushing Financial has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hope Bancorp beats Flushing Financial on 12 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$413.43M$627.45M$12.11B$9.41B
Dividend Yield7.19%3.34%5.56%4.03%
P/E Ratio-8.8010.0718.3720.09
Price / Sales0.871.7626.0799.01
Price / Cash13.1515.2221.6858.27
Price / Book0.581.022.315.65
Net Income-$31.33M$33.50M$997.60M$257.91M
7 Day Performance1.79%0.65%0.42%2.09%
1 Month Performance9.37%5.62%4.37%11.13%
1 Year Performance-16.84%9.89%541.75%18.40%

Flushing Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FFIC
Flushing Financial
4.1517 of 5 stars
$12.49
+2.0%
$16.17
+29.4%
-21.4%$413.43M$484.72M-8.80540News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
HOPE
Hope Bancorp
4.8197 of 5 stars
$11.66
+1.4%
$13.50
+15.8%
-11.4%$1.49B$467.09M14.951,244Upcoming Earnings
IBCP
Independent Bank
3.2885 of 5 stars
$34.44
+2.1%
$36.67
+6.5%
+7.8%$713.60M$323.14M10.97920Upcoming Earnings
INDB
Independent Bank
3.9324 of 5 stars
$67.04
+1.6%
$71.00
+5.9%
+13.3%$2.86B$694.32M15.101,837Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Up
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
4.4118 of 5 stars
$18.79
+1.3%
$20.67
+10.0%
+1.3%$1.10B$379.09M12.28960News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
STEL
Stellarone
2.301 of 5 stars
$31.18
+12.4%
$29.00
-7.0%
+15.5%$1.55B$625.45M14.011,025Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
TCBK
TriCo Bancshares
3.4817 of 5 stars
$43.01
+1.3%
$47.80
+11.1%
-6.8%$1.41B$531.04M12.541,201News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
UVSP
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
2.9879 of 5 stars
$32.02
+1.1%
$29.00
-9.4%
+17.6%$924.74M$500.41M11.99970Upcoming Earnings
WASH
Washington Trust Bancorp
3.1508 of 5 stars
$29.57
+1.0%
$31.00
+4.8%
-10.2%$570.41M$403.73M-18.96650News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
WSBC
WesBanco
4.9574 of 5 stars
$33.41
+1.3%
$38.71
+15.9%
-0.9%$3.20B$649.20M21.842,195Positive News
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.2448 of 5 stars
$18.78
+1.3%
$23.60
+25.7%
+3.7%$2.45B$789.01M16.911,801News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:FFIC) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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