First Northwest Bancorp (FNWB) Competitors

First Northwest Bancorp (NASDAQ:FNWB) and Sound Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:SFBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.

Which has better earnings & valuation, FNWB or SFBC?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Northwest Bancorp	$104.92M	0.92	$2.29M	$0.25	41.00
Sound Financial Bancorp	$55.62M	1.85	$7.44M	$2.86	14.07

Does the media favor FNWB or SFBC?

In the previous week, First Northwest Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Sound Financial Bancorp'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Northwest Bancorp	Neutral
Sound Financial Bancorp	Neutral

Is FNWB or SFBC a better dividend stock?

First Northwest Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Sound Financial Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. First Northwest Bancorp pays out 112.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sound Financial Bancorp pays out 26.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk and volatility, FNWB or SFBC?

First Northwest Bancorp has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sound Financial Bancorp has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer FNWB or SFBC?

First Northwest Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.83%. Given First Northwest Bancorp's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe First Northwest Bancorp is more favorable than Sound Financial Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Northwest Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Sound Financial Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FNWB or SFBC?

First Northwest Bancorp received 155 more outperform votes than Sound Financial Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.00% of users gave First Northwest Bancorp an outperform vote while only 64.71% of users gave Sound Financial Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Northwest Bancorp	Outperform Votes 221 68.00%	Underperform Votes 104 32.00%
Sound Financial Bancorp	Outperform Votes 66 64.71%	Underperform Votes 36 35.29%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FNWB or SFBC?

66.1% of First Northwest Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.9% of Sound Financial Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of First Northwest Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Sound Financial Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FNWB or SFBC more profitable?

Sound Financial Bancorp has a net margin of 13.38% compared to First Northwest Bancorp's net margin of 2.18%. Sound Financial Bancorp's return on equity of 7.45% beat First Northwest Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Northwest Bancorp	2.18%	4.81%	0.35%
Sound Financial Bancorp	13.38%	7.45%	0.74%

Summary

Sound Financial Bancorp beats First Northwest Bancorp on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.