First Financial Northwest Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 6/6

First Financial Northwest has total assets of $1.5B and total equity of $160.2M. Total deposits are $1.2B, and total loans are $1.1B. It earns a Net Interest Margin of 2.8%. It has sufficient allowance for bad loans, which are currently at 0.07% of total loans. Cash and short-term investments are $86.5M.

Key information

9.1x

Asset to equity ratio

2.8%

Net interest margin

Total deposits	US$1.17b
Loan to deposit ratio	Appropriate
Bad loans	0.07%
Allowance for bad loans	Sufficient
Current ratio	Low
Cash & equivalents	US$86.53m

Recent financial health updates

No updates

Recent updates

First Financial Northwest GAAP EPS of $0.31 beats by $0.01, revenue of $12.78M beats by $1.31M

Jul 28

First Financial Northwest (NASDAQ:FFNW) Has Announced A Dividend Of US$0.12

May 20

First Financial Northwest (NASDAQ:FFNW) Is Paying Out A Larger Dividend Than Last Year

Feb 19

First Financial Northwest's (NASDAQ:FFNW) Dividend Will Be US$0.11

Nov 19

First Financial Northwest: An Interesting Little Bank To Keep An Eye On

Aug 28

First Financial Northwest (NASDAQ:FFNW) Will Pay A Dividend Of US$0.11

Aug 19

Should Shareholders Reconsider First Financial Northwest, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:FFNW) CEO Compensation Package?

Jun 03

First Financial Northwest EPS beats by $0.03, beats on revenue

Apr 27

Should First Financial Northwest, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFNW) Be Part Of Your Dividend Portfolio?

Apr 10

Financial Position Analysis

Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Balance Sheet

Financial Institutions Analysis

Asset Level: FFNW's Assets to Equity ratio (9.1x) is low.

Allowance for Bad Loans: FFNW has a sufficient allowance for bad loans (1907%).

Low Risk Liabilities: 90% of FFNW's liabilities are made up of primarily low risk sources of funding.

Loan Level: FFNW has an appropriate level of Loans to Assets ratio (78%).

Low Risk Deposits: FFNW's Loans to Deposits ratio (96%) is appropriate.

Level of Bad Loans: FFNW has an appropriate level of bad loans (0.1%).

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/01/10 17:43
End of Day Share Price	2025/01/08 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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First Financial Northwest, Inc. is covered by 6 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Jeffrey Rulis	D.A. Davidson & Co.
null null	D.A. Davidson & Co.
Christopher Marinac	FIG Partners

First Financial Northwest Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 6/6

Key information

Recent financial health updates

Recent updates

New minor risk - Earnings quality

Third quarter 2024 earnings: EPS and revenues miss analyst expectations

CFO & Director exercised options and sold US$348k worth of stock

President exercised options to buy US$558k worth of stock.

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 233%, revenue downgraded

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

Second quarter 2024 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations while revenues lag behind

Now 21% overvalued after recent price rise

Now 20% overvalued after recent price rise

Executive VP & Chief Banking Officer exercised options to buy US$113k worth of stock.

First quarter dividend of US$0.13 announced

First Financial Northwest, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on June 21, 2024

Now 24% overvalued after recent price rise

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 77%

First quarter 2024 earnings: EPS and revenues miss analyst expectations

New minor risk - Dividend sustainability

First Financial Northwest, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 23, 2024

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS in line with expectations, revenues disappoint

Upcoming dividend of US$0.13 per share

First Financial Northwest (NASDAQ:FFNW) Has Announced A Dividend Of $0.13

Fourth quarter dividend of US$0.13 announced

First Financial Northwest, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on March 28, 2024

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 38%

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 29%

New minor risk - Profit margin trend

Price target increased by 14% to US$16.75

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 46%

Upcoming dividend of US$0.13 per share at 4.3% yield

Price target decreased by 7.4% to US$14.00

First Financial Northwest, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on December 22, 2023

Third quarter 2023 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations while revenues lag behind

New minor risk - Market cap size

President exercised options to buy US$102k worth of stock.

Upcoming dividend of US$0.13 per share at 4.2% yield

First Financial Northwest, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on September 22, 2023

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 16%

Second quarter 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues miss analyst expectations

Upcoming dividend of US$0.13 per share at 5.1% yield

First Financial Northwest, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on June 23, 2023

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 17%

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 29%

Price target decreased by 9.9% to US$15.88

Insufficient new directors

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

Full year 2022 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

Now 21% undervalued after recent price drop

Upcoming dividend of US$0.13 per share at 3.4% yield

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 14%

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 14%, revenue upgraded

First Financial Northwest, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on March 24, 2023

Full year 2022 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

Upcoming dividend of US$0.12 per share

First Financial Northwest (NASDAQ:FFNW) Has Affirmed Its Dividend Of $0.12

First Financial Northwest, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on December 16, 2022

Consensus forecasts updated

Third quarter 2022 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

First Financial Northwest authorizes 5% buyback

Senior VP & Chief Credit Officer exercised options and sold US$187k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$0.12 per share

First Financial Northwest (NASDAQ:FFNW) Will Pay A Dividend Of $0.12

First Financial Northwest, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on September 16, 2022

Second quarter 2022 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

First Financial Northwest GAAP EPS of $0.31 beats by $0.01, revenue of $12.78M beats by $1.31M

Executive VP notifies of intention to sell stock

Now 22% undervalued after recent price drop

Upcoming dividend of US$0.12 per share

First Financial Northwest (NASDAQ:FFNW) Has Announced A Dividend Of US$0.12

First Financial Northwest, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on June 17, 2022

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 13%

First quarter 2022 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations

First Financial Northwest, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 08, 2022

Now 22% undervalued

Full year 2021 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

Now 21% undervalued

Upcoming dividend of US$0.12 per share