FFNW vs. FRAF, CBFV, MRLN, UNB, OVBC, TREE, TRST, NFBK, HIFS, and FFIC
Should you be buying First Financial Northwest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Financial Northwest include Franklin Financial Services (FRAF), CB Financial Services (CBFV), Marlin Business Services (MRLN), Union Bankshares (UNB), Ohio Valley Banc (OVBC), LendingTree (TREE), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), and Flushing Financial (FFIC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Franklin Financial Services (NASDAQ:FRAF) and First Financial Northwest (NASDAQ:FFNW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.
Franklin Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than First Financial Northwest. Franklin 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.
Franklin Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. First Financial Northwest pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Franklin Financial Services pays out 41.0% 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. First Financial Northwest has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Franklin Financial Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Franklin Financial Services and Franklin Financial Services both had 7 articles in the media. First Financial Northwest's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Franklin Financial Services' score of 0.46 indicating that Franklin Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
24.8% of Franklin Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.0% of First Financial Northwest shares are held by institutional investors. 6.9% of Franklin Financial Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of First Financial Northwest shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Franklin Financial Services has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Financial Northwest has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Franklin Financial Services has a net margin of 12.85% compared to Franklin Financial Services' net margin of 3.78%. First Financial Northwest's return on equity of 10.80% beat Franklin Financial Services' return on equity.
First Financial Northwest has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.82%. Given Franklin Financial Services' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Financial Northwest is more favorable than Franklin Financial Services.
First Financial Northwest received 212 more outperform votes than Franklin Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Franklin Financial Services beats First Financial Northwest on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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