FOA vs. CNOB, GHLD, BHRB, FMBH, SBSI, JFIN, CFB, ESQ, OSBC, and XYF
Should you be buying Finance of America Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Finance of America Companies include ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Guild (GHLD), Burke & Herbert Financial Services (BHRB), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Jiayin Group (JFIN), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), Esquire Financial (ESQ), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), and X Financial (XYF). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Finance of America Companies vs.
Finance of America Companies (NYSE:FOA) and ConnectOne Bancorp (NASDAQ:CNOB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
ConnectOne Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Finance of America Companies. Finance of America Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ConnectOne Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Finance of America Companies and Finance of America Companies both had 2 articles in the media. ConnectOne Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Finance of America Companies' score of -0.42 indicating that ConnectOne Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ConnectOne Bancorp received 244 more outperform votes than Finance of America Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.02% of users gave ConnectOne Bancorp an outperform vote while only 47.62% of users gave Finance of America Companies an outperform vote.
Finance of America Companies has a net margin of 18.89% compared to ConnectOne Bancorp's net margin of 13.80%. ConnectOne Bancorp's return on equity of 6.77% beat Finance of America Companies' return on equity.
97.2% of Finance of America Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of ConnectOne Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 25.0% of Finance of America Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of ConnectOne Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Finance of America Companies presently has a consensus target price of $26.25, suggesting a potential upside of 18.55%. ConnectOne Bancorp has a consensus target price of $28.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.69%. Given ConnectOne Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ConnectOne Bancorp is more favorable than Finance of America Companies.
Finance of America Companies has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ConnectOne Bancorp has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
ConnectOne Bancorp beats Finance of America Companies on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FOA) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
