FFNW vs. CBFV, HMST, CIZN, FFIC, TRST, MBCN, CBAN, COFS, CHMG, and PKBK
Should you be buying First Financial Northwest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Financial Northwest include CB Financial Services (CBFV), HomeStreet (HMST), Citizens (CIZN), Flushing Financial (FFIC), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Middlefield Banc (MBCN), Colony Bankcorp (CBAN), ChoiceOne Financial Services (COFS), Chemung Financial (CHMG), and Parke Bancorp (PKBK). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
CB Financial Services (NASDAQ:CBFV) and First Financial Northwest (NASDAQ:FFNW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
In the previous week, CB Financial Services had 2 more articles in the media than First Financial Northwest. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CB Financial Services and 1 mentions for First Financial Northwest. First Financial Northwest's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat CB Financial Services' score of 0.94 indicating that CB Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CB Financial Services has a net margin of 26.15% compared to CB Financial Services' net margin of 7.79%. First Financial Northwest's return on equity of 10.26% beat CB Financial Services' return on equity.
32.0% of CB Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.2% of First Financial Northwest shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.1% of CB Financial Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of First Financial Northwest shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CB Financial Services currently has a consensus target price of $24.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.05%. First Financial Northwest has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.02%. Given First Financial Northwest's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CB Financial Services is more favorable than First Financial Northwest.
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.
First Financial Northwest received 77 more outperform votes than CB Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.81% of users gave First Financial Northwest an outperform vote while only 40.79% of users gave CB Financial Services an outperform vote.
CB Financial Services has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Financial Northwest has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CB Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. First Financial Northwest pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. CB Financial Services pays out 22.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Financial Northwest pays out 76.5% 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 has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and First Financial Northwest has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. CB Financial Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
CB Financial Services beats First Financial Northwest on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get First Financial Northwest News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for FFNW and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FFNW and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip ChartThis chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart
First Financial Northwest Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools