HIFS vs. NWBI, PFS, BHLB, OCFC, BRKL, DCOM, CFFN, TREE, TRST, and NFBK
Should you be buying Hingham Institution for Savings stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hingham Institution for Savings include Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), LendingTree (TREE), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), and Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Northwest Bancshares (NASDAQ:NWBI) and Hingham Institution for Savings (NASDAQ:HIFS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.
66.3% of Northwest Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.3% of Hingham Institution for Savings shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Northwest Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Northwest Bancshares has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hingham Institution for Savings has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Northwest Bancshares has a net margin of 17.84% compared to Northwest Bancshares' net margin of 12.38%. Hingham Institution for Savings' return on equity of 8.77% beat Northwest Bancshares' return on equity.
Northwest Bancshares received 77 more outperform votes than Hingham Institution for Savings when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.43% of users gave Hingham Institution for Savings an outperform vote while only 57.68% of users gave Northwest Bancshares an outperform vote.
Northwest Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Hingham Institution for Savings. Northwest Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hingham Institution for Savings, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Northwest Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.46%. Given Hingham Institution for Savings' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Northwest Bancshares is more favorable than Hingham Institution for Savings.
In the previous week, Hingham Institution for Savings had 1 more articles in the media than Northwest Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hingham Institution for Savings and 1 mentions for Northwest Bancshares. Hingham Institution for Savings' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Northwest Bancshares' score of 1.38 indicating that Northwest Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Northwest Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Hingham Institution for Savings pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Northwest Bancshares pays out 77.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hingham Institution for Savings pays out 22.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hingham Institution for Savings has increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years.
Summary
Northwest Bancshares beats Hingham Institution for Savings on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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