HIFS vs. AGM, BANC, NWBI, BHLB, DCOM, OCFC, BRKL, CFFN, TRST, and NFBK
Should you be buying Hingham Institution for Savings stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hingham Institution for Savings include Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), Banc of California (BANC), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), and Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Hingham Institution for Savings vs. Its Competitors
Hingham Institution for Savings (NASDAQ:HIFS) and Federal Agricultural Mortgage (NYSE:AGM) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends and community ranking.
Federal Agricultural Mortgage has a consensus target price of $215.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.41%. Given Federal Agricultural Mortgage's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Federal Agricultural Mortgage is more favorable than Hingham Institution for Savings.
Federal Agricultural Mortgage received 21 more outperform votes than Hingham Institution for Savings when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.12% of users gave Federal Agricultural Mortgage an outperform vote while only 59.70% of users gave Hingham Institution for Savings an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Federal Agricultural Mortgage had 1 more articles in the media than Hingham Institution for Savings. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Federal Agricultural Mortgage and 3 mentions for Hingham Institution for Savings. Hingham Institution for Savings' average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Federal Agricultural Mortgage's score of 1.16 indicating that Hingham Institution for Savings is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hingham Institution for Savings has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Federal Agricultural Mortgage has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Federal Agricultural Mortgage has higher revenue and earnings than Hingham Institution for Savings. Federal Agricultural Mortgage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hingham Institution for Savings, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hingham Institution for Savings pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Federal Agricultural Mortgage pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Hingham Institution for Savings pays out 19.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Federal Agricultural Mortgage pays out 37.1% 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. Federal Agricultural Mortgage has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Federal Agricultural Mortgage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Hingham Institution for Savings has a net margin of 12.97% compared to Federal Agricultural Mortgage's net margin of 12.75%. Federal Agricultural Mortgage's return on equity of 19.43% beat Hingham Institution for Savings' return on equity.
49.3% of Hingham Institution for Savings shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.0% of Federal Agricultural Mortgage shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Federal Agricultural Mortgage shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Federal Agricultural Mortgage beats Hingham Institution for Savings on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HIFS) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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