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$5.18 -0.13 (-2.36%)
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FFWM vs. BTDR, CUBI, PWP, IREN, CLBK, WULF, MBIN, LX, SUPV, and SII

Should you be buying First Foundation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Foundation include Bitdeer Technologies Group (BTDR), Customers Bancorp (CUBI), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Iris Energy (IREN), Columbia Financial (CLBK), TeraWulf (WULF), Merchants Bancorp (MBIN), LexinFintech (LX), Grupo Supervielle (SUPV), and Sprott (SII). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

First Foundation vs.

First Foundation (NASDAQ:FFWM) and Bitdeer Technologies Group (NASDAQ:BTDR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.

First Foundation has a net margin of -13.94% compared to Bitdeer Technologies Group's net margin of -18.27%. First Foundation's return on equity of -0.73% beat Bitdeer Technologies Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Foundation-13.94% -0.73% -0.05%
Bitdeer Technologies Group -18.27%-13.47%-7.24%

First Foundation received 216 more outperform votes than Bitdeer Technologies Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Bitdeer Technologies Group an outperform vote while only 58.35% of users gave First Foundation an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
First FoundationOutperform Votes
276
58.35%
Underperform Votes
197
41.65%
Bitdeer Technologies GroupOutperform Votes
60
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

73.1% of First Foundation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.3% of Bitdeer Technologies Group shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of First Foundation shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
First Foundation$69.21M6.16-$92.41M-$1.27-4.07
Bitdeer Technologies Group$349.78M4.72-$56.66M-$3.70-3.99

In the previous week, Bitdeer Technologies Group had 16 more articles in the media than First Foundation. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Bitdeer Technologies Group and 3 mentions for First Foundation. First Foundation's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Bitdeer Technologies Group's score of 0.76 indicating that First Foundation is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First Foundation
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Bitdeer Technologies Group
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

First Foundation currently has a consensus price target of $6.80, indicating a potential upside of 31.40%. Bitdeer Technologies Group has a consensus price target of $20.20, indicating a potential upside of 36.95%. Given Bitdeer Technologies Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bitdeer Technologies Group is more favorable than First Foundation.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First Foundation
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Bitdeer Technologies Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.09

First Foundation has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bitdeer Technologies Group has a beta of 2.24, meaning that its share price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

First Foundation beats Bitdeer Technologies Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FFWM vs. The Competition

MetricFirst FoundationState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$426.35M$3.25B$11.49B$8.39B
Dividend Yield0.50%3.70%5.45%4.10%
P/E Ratio-3.8623.8022.4819.71
Price / Sales6.163.0827.28117.39
Price / Cash1.2410.6317.6234.62
Price / Book0.321.192.794.50
Net Income-$92.41M$372.21M$1.04B$248.18M
7 Day Performance-3.09%-2.49%-0.01%0.20%
1 Month Performance4.25%4.92%6.70%12.37%
1 Year Performance-16.80%16.14%537.71%7.04%

First Foundation Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FFWM
First Foundation
3.5529 of 5 stars
$5.18
-2.4%
$6.80
+31.4%
-17.2%$426.35M$69.21M-3.86710Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BTDR
Bitdeer Technologies Group
2.3936 of 5 stars
$15.32
+0.9%
$20.20
+31.9%
+149.6%$1.72B$349.78M-29.46211Gap Down
CUBI
Customers Bancorp
2.2663 of 5 stars
$53.89
-1.1%
$64.00
+18.8%
+8.4%$1.70B$648.24M10.61640Analyst Revision
Gap Up
PWP
Perella Weinberg Partners
1.9765 of 5 stars
$18.87
-1.4%
$23.00
+21.9%
+10.7%$1.67B$987.74M-11.94600Positive News
Gap Up
IREN
Iris Energy
4.1875 of 5 stars
$8.54
+1.5%
$20.30
+137.7%
+20.1%$1.60B$283.73M0.00100Trending News
Analyst Revision
CLBK
Columbia Financial
0.5158 of 5 stars
$15.03
-1.1%
$16.00
+6.5%
-8.4%$1.58B$189.02M-125.25750Positive News
Gap Up
WULF
TeraWulf
2.5129 of 5 stars
$4.00
+2.8%
$7.86
+96.4%
+91.7%$1.54B$132.02M-12.126Analyst Revision
MBIN
Merchants Bancorp
3.685 of 5 stars
$32.87
-1.5%
$47.50
+44.5%
-23.7%$1.51B$645.08M5.21480Dividend Announcement
LX
LexinFintech
3.3235 of 5 stars
$8.89
+1.8%
$13.60
+53.0%
+363.6%$1.50B$14.20B14.113,900Positive News
Earnings Report
SUPV
Grupo Supervielle
2.3898 of 5 stars
$16.41
+5.0%
$13.67
-16.7%
+109.7%$1.45B$1.15T22.794,810Positive News
Ex-Dividend
SII
Sprott
1.1735 of 5 stars
$56.30
+1.3%
N/A+22.3%$1.45B$170.57M30.93170Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:FFWM) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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