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$4.96 -0.16 (-3.03%)
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FFWM vs. ABCB, CNOB, CVBF, DCOM, HOPE, OCFC, PPBI, SBCF, WSFS, and KEY

Should you be buying First Foundation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Foundation include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), CVB Financial (CVBF), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida (SBCF), WSFS Financial (WSFS), and KeyCorp (KEY). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

First Foundation vs. Its Competitors

Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) and First Foundation (NASDAQ:FFWM) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and valuation.

Ameris Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $71.43, indicating a potential upside of 7.75%. First Foundation has a consensus target price of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 31.18%. Given First Foundation's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Foundation is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
First Foundation
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 6 more articles in the media than First Foundation. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 2 mentions for First Foundation. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat First Foundation's score of -0.33 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ameris Bancorp
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
First Foundation
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. First Foundation pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Foundation pays out -3.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of First Foundation shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of First Foundation shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ameris Bancorp$1.12B4.07$358.68M$5.4012.28
First Foundation$69.21M5.90-$92.41M-$1.27-3.90

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Foundation has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to First Foundation's net margin of -13.94%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat First Foundation's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
First Foundation -13.94%-0.73%-0.05%

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats First Foundation on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This 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.
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FFWM vs. The Competition

MetricFirst FoundationState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$408.22M$1.38B$12.28B$9.50B
Dividend YieldN/A8.92%5.54%4.01%
P/E Ratio-3.709.4619.0320.05
Price / Sales5.903.2926.1089.19
Price / Cash1.249.9621.6358.56
Price / Book0.300.972.205.87
Net Income-$92.41M$756.71M$997.25M$258.55M
7 Day Performance-7.30%-0.99%0.60%3.73%
1 Month Performance-4.25%2.40%3.44%11.75%
1 Year Performance-30.01%-0.71%536.57%18.03%

First Foundation Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FFWM
First Foundation
3.3296 of 5 stars
$4.96
-3.0%
$6.50
+31.2%
-29.7%$408.22M$69.21M-3.70710News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.236 of 5 stars
$66.67
-1.0%
$71.43
+7.1%
+8.9%$4.59B$1.12B12.802,850Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CNOB
ConnectOne Bancorp
4.8818 of 5 stars
$24.93
-0.8%
$28.50
+14.3%
-0.5%$966.75M$534.62M13.48520Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CVBF
CVB Financial
3.8103 of 5 stars
$20.82
-1.2%
$23.50
+12.9%
-2.5%$2.90B$684.59M14.361,089Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
DCOM
Dime Community Bancshares
3.9548 of 5 stars
$28.62
-0.6%
$36.88
+28.8%
+14.0%$1.26B$646.19M45.43820News Coverage
Earnings Report
HOPE
Hope Bancorp
4.7585 of 5 stars
$11.36
-0.3%
$13.50
+18.8%
-21.3%$1.46B$1.00B14.561,244Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
4.3095 of 5 stars
$18.62
-0.3%
$20.67
+11.0%
-5.1%$1.09B$692.36M12.17960Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.7206 of 5 stars
$21.95
-0.7%
$27.25
+24.1%
-15.5%$2.14B$905.41M14.541,325News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
SBCF
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida
2.0931 of 5 stars
$29.05
-0.4%
$29.20
+0.5%
+0.3%$2.51B$808.99M18.461,504News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.0371 of 5 stars
$57.89
-0.5%
$62.75
+8.4%
-1.3%$3.30B$1.40B13.222,309Trending News
Earnings Report
KEY
KeyCorp
4.7509 of 5 stars
$18.31
-1.1%
$19.18
+4.8%
+15.1%$20.27B$9.24B-107.6816,753Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:FFWM) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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