Reviewing Flushing Financial (NASDAQ:FFIC) and First Capital (NASDAQ:FCAP)

Flushing Financial (NASDAQ:FFIC) and First Capital (NASDAQ:FCAP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Dividends

Flushing Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. First Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Flushing Financial pays out -73.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Capital pays out 25.3% 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. First Capital has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Flushing Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Volatility & Risk

Flushing Financial has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Capital has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Flushing Financial and First Capital, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flushing Financial	1	2	0	0	1.67
First Capital	0	1	0	0	2.00

Institutional and Insider Ownership

67.1% of Flushing Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.6% of First Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Flushing Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of First Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Flushing Financial and First Capital”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Flushing Financial	$484.72 million	1.08	-$31.33 million	($1.19)	-13.03
First Capital	$48.46 million	3.59	$16.37 million	$4.90	10.60

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

Profitability

This table compares Flushing Financial and First Capital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flushing Financial	-6.93%	4.98%	0.40%
First Capital	25.06%	12.95%	1.34%

Summary

First Capital beats Flushing Financial on 9 of the 15 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 First Capital

First Capital, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for First Harrison Bank that provides various banking services to individuals and business customers. The company offers various deposit instruments, including non-interest-bearing checking accounts, negotiable order of withdrawal accounts, money market accounts, regular savings accounts, certificates of deposit, and retirement savings plans. It also provides residential mortgage loans, construction loans for residential and commercial properties, and commercial real estate loans, as well as commercial business loans. In addition, the company originates mortgage loans for sale in the secondary market and sells non-deposit investment products; and offers various secured or guaranteed consumer loans comprising automobile and truck loans, home equity loans, home improvement loans, boat loans, mobile home loans, credit cards and other personal loans, and loans secured by savings deposits, as well as unsecured consumer loans. First Capital, Inc. was founded in 1891 and is based in Corydon, Indiana.