NFBK vs. NWBI, DCOM, BHLB, OCFC, BRKL, CFFN, TRST, TREE, FFIC, and KRNY
Should you be buying Northfield Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northfield Bancorp include Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), LendingTree (TREE), Flushing Financial (FFIC), and Kearny Financial (KRNY). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Northfield Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Northwest Bancshares (NASDAQ:NWBI) and Northfield Bancorp (NASDAQ:NFBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.
Northwest Bancshares has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northfield Bancorp has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
66.3% of Northwest Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.5% of Northfield Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Northwest Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Northfield Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Northwest Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Northfield Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Northwest Bancshares pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Northfield Bancorp pays out 68.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Northwest Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Northfield Bancorp. Northwest Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northfield Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Northwest Bancshares has a net margin of 14.75% compared to Northfield Bancorp's net margin of 12.35%. Northwest Bancshares' return on equity of 9.24% beat Northfield Bancorp's return on equity.
Northwest Bancshares presently has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.07%. Northfield Bancorp has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.34%. Given Northwest Bancshares' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Northwest Bancshares is more favorable than Northfield Bancorp.
In the previous week, Northfield Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Northwest Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Northfield Bancorp and 2 mentions for Northwest Bancshares. Northfield Bancorp's average media sentiment score of -0.01 beat Northwest Bancshares' score of -0.09 indicating that Northfield Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Northwest Bancshares beats Northfield Bancorp on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:NFBK) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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