First Financial Northwest (FFNW) Competitors

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

Is CBFV or FFNW a better dividend stock?

CB Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. First Financial Northwest pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. CB Financial Services pays out 22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Financial Northwest pays out 157.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CB Financial Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CBFV or FFNW?

33.1% of CB Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.0% of First Financial Northwest shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.4% of CB Financial Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of First Financial Northwest shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, CBFV or FFNW?

CB Financial Services has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Financial Northwest has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CBFV or FFNW?

First Financial Northwest received 77 more outperform votes than CB Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.57% of users gave First Financial Northwest an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave CB Financial Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CB Financial Services	Outperform Votes 135 37.50%	Underperform Votes 225 62.50%
First Financial Northwest	Outperform Votes 212 60.57%	Underperform Votes 138 39.43%

Does the media prefer CBFV or FFNW?

In the previous week, CB Financial Services had 1 more articles in the media than First Financial Northwest. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for CB Financial Services and 4 mentions for First Financial Northwest. First Financial Northwest's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat CB Financial Services' score of 0.43 indicating that First Financial Northwest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CB Financial Services	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
First Financial Northwest	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CBFV or FFNW more profitable?

CB Financial Services has a net margin of 24.64% compared to First Financial Northwest's net margin of 3.89%. CB Financial Services' return on equity of 8.61% beat First Financial Northwest's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CB Financial Services	24.64%	8.61%	0.79%
First Financial Northwest	3.89%	1.98%	0.21%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CBFV or FFNW?

CB Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than First Financial Northwest. CB Financial Services 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
CB Financial Services	$39.89M	3.59	$22.55M	$4.40	6.33
First Financial Northwest	$39.62M	5.32	$6.30M	$0.33	69.67

Do analysts rate CBFV or FFNW?

CB Financial Services presently has a consensus price target of $24.67, indicating a potential downside of 11.46%. First Financial Northwest has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.04%. Given First Financial Northwest's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Financial Northwest is more favorable than CB Financial Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CB Financial Services	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
First Financial Northwest	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

CB Financial Services beats First Financial Northwest on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.