Comparing Northpointe Bancshares (NYSE:NPB) & Flushing Financial (NASDAQ:FFIC)

Flushing Financial (NASDAQ:FFIC) and Northpointe Bancshares (NYSE:NPB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Flushing Financial and Northpointe Bancshares’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flushing Financial	7.15%	6.25%	0.50%
Northpointe Bancshares	17.92%	14.80%	1.28%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

67.1% of Flushing Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Flushing Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of Northpointe Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Flushing Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Northpointe Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. 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. Northpointe Bancshares pays out 4.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Flushing Financial and Northpointe Bancshares”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Flushing Financial	$489.63 million	1.07	$18.88 million	$1.00	15.48
Northpointe Bancshares	$471.18 million	1.38	$83.41 million	$2.22	8.49

Northpointe Bancshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Flushing Financial. Northpointe Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flushing Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Flushing Financial and Northpointe Bancshares, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flushing Financial	0	3	1	0	2.25
Northpointe Bancshares	1	2	1	0	2.00

Flushing Financial currently has a consensus target price of $16.80, indicating a potential upside of 8.49%. Northpointe Bancshares has a consensus target price of $20.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.73%. Given Northpointe Bancshares’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Northpointe Bancshares is more favorable than Flushing Financial.

Summary

Northpointe Bancshares beats Flushing Financial on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Flushing Financial

Flushing Financial Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Flushing Bank that provides banking products and services primarily to consumers, businesses, and governmental units. It offers various deposit products, including checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, non-interest bearing demand accounts, NOW accounts, and certificates of deposit. The company also provides mortgage loans secured by multi-family residential, commercial real estate, one-to-four family mixed-use property, one-to-four family residential property, and commercial business loans; construction loans; small business administration loans and other small business loans; mortgage loan surrogates, such as mortgage-backed securities; and consumer loans, including overdraft lines of credit, as well as the United States government securities, corporate fixed-income securities, and other marketable securities. It operates full-service banking offices in Queens, Nassau, Suffolk, Kings, and New York counties, New York; and an internet branch under the iGObanking and BankPurely brands. Flushing Financial Corporation was founded in 1929 and is based in Uniondale, New York.

About Northpointe Bancshares

Northpointe Bancshares, Inc. operates as a bank holding company. It offers a nationwide mortgage purchase program, residential mortgage loans, digital deposit banking to retail customers and custodial deposit services. The company was founded by Charles A. Williams in 1998 and is headquartered in Grand Rapids, MI.