First Financial Northwest (FFNW) Stock Price, News & Analysis

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Financial Northwest in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" FFNW shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in FFNW, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for First Financial Northwest's shares. Their FFNW share price targets range from $22.00 to $23.50. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $23.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.0% from the stock's current price.
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First Financial Northwest's stock was trading at $13.48 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, FFNW shares have increased by 51.0% and is now trading at $20.36.
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First Financial Northwest saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 80,000 shares, an increase of 24.2% from the March 15th total of 64,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 32,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.5 days. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2024.
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First Financial Northwest, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFNW) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 25th. The bank reported $0.13 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.01. The bank earned $9.91 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $10.26 million. First Financial Northwest had a net margin of 7.79% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 3.95%.

First Financial Northwest announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 9th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.13 per share on Thursday, March 28th. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.55%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 14th.
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First Financial Northwest (NASDAQ:FFNW) pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.55%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 7 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 76.47%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, FFNW will have a dividend payout ratio of 91.23% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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8 employees have rated First Financial Northwest Chief Executive Officer Joseph W. Kiley III on Glassdoor.com. Joseph W. Kiley III has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Joseph W. Kiley III in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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