First Financial Northwest - FFNW Stock Forecast, Price & News

0 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for First Financial Northwest's stock. Their FFNW share price forecasts range from $17.00 to $19.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $18.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 31.8% from the stock's current price.
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First Financial Northwest's stock was trading at $14.98 at the beginning of the year. Since then, FFNW shares have decreased by 8.8% and is now trading at $13.66.
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First Financial Northwest saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 30,100 shares, an increase of 164.0% from the February 28th total of 11,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 10,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.0 days. Currently, 0.4% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 27th 2023.
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First Financial Northwest, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFNW) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 26th. The bank reported $0.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.38 by $0.03. The bank had revenue of $13.16 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $13.80 million. First Financial Northwest had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.37% and a net margin of 21.19%.

First Financial Northwest announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, January 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 14th will be given a dividend of $0.13 per share on Friday, March 24th. This represents a $0.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 13th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.12.
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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 3.82%. 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 35.86%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FFNW will have a dividend payout ratio of 45.22% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its 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.

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First Financial Northwest trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FFNW."

First Financial Northwest's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.64%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (5.83%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.49%), Strategic Value Bank Partners LLC (2.11%), Baird Financial Group Inc. (0.32%) and Seizert Capital Partners LLC (0.32%). Insiders that own company stock include Joseph W Kiley III, Ralph C Sabin, Richard M Riccobono, Richard P Jacobson and Simon Soh.
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One share of FFNW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.66.

First Financial Northwest (NASDAQ:FFNW) has a market capitalization of $124.69 million and generates $51.60 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $13.24 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.45 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 144 workers across the globe.

First Financial Northwest's mailing address is 201 WELLS AVENUE SOUTH, RENTON WA, 98057. The official website for the company is www.ffnwb.com. The bank can be reached via phone at (425) 255-4400, via email at evansk@ffnwb.com, or via fax at 425-228-7227.