FFNW vs. HMST, UNB, CBFV, OVBC, FFIC, CIZN, TRST, COFS, CZFS, and CBAN
Should you be buying First Financial Northwest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Financial Northwest include HomeStreet (HMST), Union Bankshares (UNB), CB Financial Services (CBFV), Ohio Valley Banc (OVBC), Flushing Financial (FFIC), Citizens (CIZN), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), ChoiceOne Financial Services (COFS), Citizens Financial Services (CZFS), and Colony Bankcorp (CBAN). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
First Financial Northwest (NASDAQ:FFNW) and HomeStreet (NASDAQ:HMST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
In the previous week, HomeStreet had 5 more articles in the media than First Financial Northwest. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for HomeStreet and 14 mentions for First Financial Northwest. First Financial Northwest's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat HomeStreet's score of -0.21 indicating that First Financial Northwest is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First Financial Northwest has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HomeStreet has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
First Financial Northwest presently has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.92%. HomeStreet has a consensus price target of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.08%. Given First Financial Northwest's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe First Financial Northwest is more favorable than HomeStreet.
HomeStreet received 51 more outperform votes than First Financial Northwest when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.81% of users gave First Financial Northwest an outperform vote while only 55.02% of users gave HomeStreet an outperform vote.
First Financial Northwest has higher earnings, but lower revenue than HomeStreet. HomeStreet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Financial Northwest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
55.0% of First Financial Northwest shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of HomeStreet shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of First Financial Northwest shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of HomeStreet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
First Financial Northwest has a net margin of 3.78% compared to HomeStreet's net margin of -8.97%. First Financial Northwest's return on equity of 1.94% beat HomeStreet's return on equity.
Summary
First Financial Northwest beats HomeStreet on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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