FFIC vs. MSBI, CATC, FFNW, HMST, BFST, TRST, MPB, SMMF, RBB, and MOFG
Should you be buying Flushing Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flushing Financial include Midland States Bancorp (MSBI), Cambridge Bancorp (CATC), First Financial Northwest (FFNW), HomeStreet (HMST), Business First Bancshares (BFST), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), Summit Financial Group (SMMF), RBB Bancorp (RBB), and MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Midland States Bancorp (NASDAQ:MSBI) and Flushing Financial (NASDAQ:FFIC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, Flushing Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Midland States Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Flushing Financial and 0 mentions for Midland States Bancorp. Midland States Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Flushing Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Flushing Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Midland States Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Flushing Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Midland States Bancorp pays out 42.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Flushing Financial pays out 88.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Midland States Bancorp has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years.
Midland States Bancorp has a net margin of 15.17% compared to Midland States Bancorp's net margin of 6.81%. Flushing Financial's return on equity of 11.50% beat Midland States Bancorp's return on equity.
Flushing Financial received 70 more outperform votes than Midland States Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.13% of users gave Flushing Financial an outperform vote while only 46.79% of users gave Midland States Bancorp an outperform vote.
Midland States Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Flushing Financial. Midland States Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flushing Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Midland States Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $25.63, indicating a potential upside of 9.46%. Flushing Financial has a consensus target price of $15.17, indicating a potential upside of 14.29%. Given Midland States Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Flushing Financial is more favorable than Midland States Bancorp.
60.9% of Midland States Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Flushing Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Midland States Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Flushing Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Midland States Bancorp has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flushing Financial has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Flushing Financial beats Midland States Bancorp on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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