NFBK vs. BRKL, CNOB, NWBI, OCFC, STBA, THFF, TRST, WASH, PFS, and TMP
Should you be buying Northfield Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northfield Bancorp include Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), S&T Bancorp (STBA), First Financial Corporation Indiana (THFF), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), Provident Financial Services (PFS), and Tompkins Financial (TMP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Northfield Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Northfield Bancorp (NASDAQ:NFBK) and Brookline Bancorp (NASDAQ:BRKL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and risk.
Brookline Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Northfield Bancorp. Brookline Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northfield Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Northfield Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.33%. Brookline Bancorp has a consensus price target of $15.25, indicating a potential upside of 37.51%. Given Brookline Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Brookline Bancorp is more favorable than Northfield Bancorp.
Northfield Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Brookline Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Northfield Bancorp pays out 68.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookline Bancorp pays out 65.9% 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. Brookline Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Northfield Bancorp has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookline Bancorp has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
65.5% of Northfield Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.9% of Brookline Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Northfield Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Brookline Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Northfield Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than Brookline Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Northfield Bancorp and 1 mentions for Brookline Bancorp. Brookline Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Northfield Bancorp's score of -0.18 indicating that Brookline Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Northfield Bancorp has a net margin of 12.35% compared to Brookline Bancorp's net margin of 11.22%. Brookline Bancorp's return on equity of 6.32% beat Northfield Bancorp's return on equity.
Summary
Brookline Bancorp beats Northfield Bancorp on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:NFBK) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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