FSFG vs. BFIN, RVSB, OFED, NFBK, KRNY, NRIM, FMAO, SBT, WSBF, and PDLB
Should you be buying First Savings Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Savings Financial Group include BankFinancial (BFIN), Riverview Bancorp (RVSB), Oconee Federal Financial (OFED), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Northrim BanCorp (NRIM), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO), Sterling Bancorp (SBT), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), and Ponce Financial Group (PDLB). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
First Savings Financial Group (NASDAQ:FSFG) and BankFinancial (NASDAQ:BFIN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.
BankFinancial has a net margin of 11.62% compared to First Savings Financial Group's net margin of 5.59%. First Savings Financial Group's return on equity of 7.91% beat BankFinancial's return on equity.
BankFinancial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First Savings Financial Group. BankFinancial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Savings Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Savings Financial Group has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BankFinancial has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Savings Financial Group presently has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.97%. Given First Savings Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe First Savings Financial Group is more favorable than BankFinancial.
35.2% of First Savings Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.9% of BankFinancial shares are held by institutional investors. 15.9% of First Savings Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of BankFinancial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
First Savings Financial Group received 3 more outperform votes than BankFinancial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.00% of users gave BankFinancial an outperform vote while only 51.97% of users gave First Savings Financial Group an outperform vote.
First Savings Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. BankFinancial pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. First Savings Financial Group pays out 55.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BankFinancial pays out 58.8% 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.
In the previous week, First Savings Financial Group had 6 more articles in the media than BankFinancial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for First Savings Financial Group and 2 mentions for BankFinancial. First Savings Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat BankFinancial's score of 0.00 indicating that First Savings Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
First Savings Financial Group beats BankFinancial on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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