First Financial Northwest (FFNW) Competitors

First Financial Northwest (NASDAQ:FFNW) and Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ:CFFN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FFNW or CFFN?

Capitol Federal Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First Financial Northwest. Capitol Federal Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Financial Northwest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Financial Northwest	$37.56M	5.54	$1.07M	$0.11	205.09
Capitol Federal Financial	$183.58M	4.08	$38.01M	$0.40	14.11

Which has more risk & volatility, FFNW or CFFN?

First Financial Northwest has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capitol Federal Financial has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FFNW or CFFN a better dividend stock?

First Financial Northwest pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Capitol Federal Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. First Financial Northwest pays out 118.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Capitol Federal Financial pays out 85.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Capitol Federal Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FFNW or CFFN?

55.0% of First Financial Northwest shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of First Financial Northwest shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer FFNW or CFFN?

In the previous week, Capitol Federal Financial had 3 more articles in the media than First Financial Northwest. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Capitol Federal Financial and 1 mentions for First Financial Northwest. Capitol Federal Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat First Financial Northwest's score of 0.00 indicating that Capitol Federal Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Financial Northwest	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Capitol Federal Financial	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend FFNW or CFFN?

First Financial Northwest presently has a consensus target price of $22.75, suggesting a potential upside of 0.84%. Capitol Federal Financial has a consensus target price of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.15%. Given Capitol Federal Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Capitol Federal Financial is more favorable than First Financial Northwest.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Financial Northwest	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Capitol Federal Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is FFNW or CFFN more profitable?

Capitol Federal Financial has a net margin of 12.67% compared to First Financial Northwest's net margin of 1.34%. Capitol Federal Financial's return on equity of 4.96% beat First Financial Northwest's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Financial Northwest	1.34%	0.67%	0.07%
Capitol Federal Financial	12.67%	4.96%	0.53%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FFNW or CFFN?

Capitol Federal Financial received 35 more outperform votes than First Financial Northwest when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.22% of users gave First Financial Northwest an outperform vote while only 53.58% of users gave Capitol Federal Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Financial Northwest	Outperform Votes 212 59.22%	Underperform Votes 146 40.78%
Capitol Federal Financial	Outperform Votes 247 53.58%	Underperform Votes 214 46.42%

Summary

Capitol Federal Financial beats First Financial Northwest on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.