HMST vs. FFNW, FFWM, FFIC, WASH, TRST, MVBF, FRBA, BMRC, JMSB, and BCML
Should you be buying HomeStreet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HomeStreet include First Financial Northwest (FFNW), First Foundation (FFWM), Flushing Financial (FFIC), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), MVB Financial (MVBF), First Bank (FRBA), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), John Marshall Bancorp (JMSB), and BayCom (BCML). 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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.
First Financial Northwest has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HomeStreet has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
First Financial Northwest currently has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.24%. HomeStreet has a consensus target price of $12.17, suggesting a potential upside of 12.45%. Given HomeStreet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe First Financial Northwest is more favorable than HomeStreet.
First Financial Northwest has a net margin of 3.78% compared to First Financial Northwest's net margin of -8.97%. HomeStreet's return on equity of 1.94% beat First Financial Northwest's return on equity.
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 55.14% 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.
In the previous week, HomeStreet had 2 more articles in the media than First Financial Northwest. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for HomeStreet and 6 mentions for First Financial Northwest. First Financial Northwest's average media sentiment score of 0.05 beat HomeStreet's score of -0.06 indicating that HomeStreet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
First Financial Northwest beats HomeStreet on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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