First Financial Northwest Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:FFNW)

First Financial Northwest's stock was trading at $14.98 at the start of the year. Since then, FFNW shares have decreased by 20.2% and is now trading at $11.96.
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First Financial Northwest saw a decline in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 15,600 shares, a decline of 10.3% from the October 31st total of 17,400 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.8 days. Currently, 0.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 25th 2024.
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First Financial Northwest, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFNW) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 26th. The bank reported $0.16 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.15 by $0.01. The bank earned $10.38 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $10.60 million. First Financial Northwest had a net margin of 10.68% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 5.23%.

First Financial Northwest declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 10th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 8th will be given a dividend of $0.13 per share on Friday, December 22nd. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.35%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 7th.
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First Financial Northwest (NASDAQ:FFNW) pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.48%. FFNW has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 7 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 57.78%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on EPS estimates, FFNW will have a dividend payout ratio of 96.30% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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8 employees have rated First Financial Northwest Chief Executive Officer Joseph W. Kiley III on Glassdoor.com. Joseph W. Kiley III has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Joseph W. Kiley III in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other First Financial Northwest investors own include General Electric (GE), Pfizer (PFE), AbbVie (ABBV), CVS Health (CVS), Cytokinetics (CYTK), Enbridge (ENB), Ford Motor (F), FireEye (FEYE), Alphabet (GOOG) and Huntington Bancshares (HBAN).

First Financial Northwest's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Greenwich Investment Management Inc. (1.32%), Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC (1.03%), Kennedy Capital Management LLC (0.28%) and Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc. (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Joseph W Kiley III, Richard P Jacobson and Simon Soh.
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