FFWM vs. SMMF, CCNE, FSBC, FFIC, SPFI, THFF, MPB, RBB, RRBI, and MOFG
Should you be buying First Foundation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Foundation include Summit Financial Group (SMMF), CNB Financial (CCNE), Five Star Bancorp (FSBC), Flushing Financial (FFIC), South Plains Financial (SPFI), First Financial (THFF), Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), RBB Bancorp (RBB), Red River Bancshares (RRBI), and MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
First Foundation (NASDAQ:FFWM) and Summit Financial Group (NASDAQ:SMMF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
First Foundation presently has a consensus price target of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 71.13%. Summit Financial Group has a consensus price target of $27.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.93%. Given First Foundation's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe First Foundation is more favorable than Summit Financial Group.
First Foundation pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Summit Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. First Foundation pays out -1.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Summit Financial Group pays out 23.0% 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.
73.1% of First Foundation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.7% of Summit Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.2% of First Foundation shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of Summit Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summit Financial Group has a net margin of 20.97% compared to First Foundation's net margin of -31.95%. Summit Financial Group's return on equity of 13.99% beat First Foundation's return on equity.
In the previous week, First Foundation had 6 more articles in the media than Summit Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for First Foundation and 4 mentions for Summit Financial Group. First Foundation's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Summit Financial Group's score of 0.52 indicating that First Foundation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summit Financial Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First Foundation. First Foundation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Summit Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Foundation received 58 more outperform votes than Summit Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.49% of users gave First Foundation an outperform vote while only 57.91% of users gave Summit Financial Group an outperform vote.
First Foundation has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Summit Financial Group has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
First Foundation beats Summit Financial Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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