FNWB vs. WEBK, PBIP, ESSA, TSBK, FSBW, FMAO, QD, RRBI, CWBC, and FBIZ
Should you be buying First Northwest Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Northwest Bancorp include Wellesley Bancorp (WEBK), Prudential Bancorp (PBIP), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), Timberland Bancorp (TSBK), FS Bancorp (FSBW), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO), Qudian (QD), Red River Bancshares (RRBI), Community West Bancshares (CWBC), and First Business Financial Services (FBIZ). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
First Northwest Bancorp (NASDAQ:FNWB) and Wellesley Bancorp (NASDAQ:WEBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
66.1% of First Northwest Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.7% of Wellesley Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of First Northwest Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of Wellesley Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Wellesley Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First Northwest Bancorp.
First Northwest Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.88%. Given First Northwest Bancorp's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe First Northwest Bancorp is more favorable than Wellesley Bancorp.
In the previous week, First Northwest Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Wellesley Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for First Northwest Bancorp and 4 mentions for Wellesley Bancorp. First Northwest Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Wellesley Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that First Northwest Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First Northwest Bancorp has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wellesley Bancorp has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
First Northwest Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Wellesley Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. First Northwest Bancorp pays out -280.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Wellesley Bancorp has a net margin of 14.04% compared to First Northwest Bancorp's net margin of -0.78%. Wellesley Bancorp's return on equity of 8.60% beat First Northwest Bancorp's return on equity.
First Northwest Bancorp received 124 more outperform votes than Wellesley Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.83% of users gave Wellesley Bancorp an outperform vote while only 67.38% of users gave First Northwest Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
Wellesley Bancorp beats First Northwest Bancorp on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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