BWB vs. EBTC, RBB, WTBA, EQBK, RBNC, SRCE, TCBK, STBA, VBTX, and PFBC
Should you be buying Bridgewater Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridgewater Bancshares include Enterprise Bancorp (EBTC), RBB Bancorp (RBB), West Bancorporation (WTBA), Equity Bancshares (EQBK), Reliant Bancorp (RBNC), 1st Source (SRCE), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Veritex (VBTX), and Preferred Bank (PFBC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Enterprise Bancorp (NASDAQ:EBTC) and Bridgewater Bancshares (NASDAQ:BWB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.
Enterprise Bancorp received 104 more outperform votes than Bridgewater Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.89% of users gave Enterprise Bancorp an outperform vote while only 57.32% of users gave Bridgewater Bancshares an outperform vote.
Enterprise Bancorp has a net margin of 15.80% compared to Enterprise Bancorp's net margin of 15.37%. Bridgewater Bancshares' return on equity of 11.28% beat Enterprise Bancorp's return on equity.
38.9% of Enterprise Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.8% of Bridgewater Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.7% of Enterprise Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.2% of Bridgewater Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bridgewater Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Enterprise Bancorp. Enterprise Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bridgewater Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Enterprise Bancorp has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgewater Bancshares has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bridgewater Bancshares has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.10%. Given Enterprise Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bridgewater Bancshares is more favorable than Enterprise Bancorp.
In the previous week, Bridgewater Bancshares had 2 more articles in the media than Enterprise Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Bridgewater Bancshares and 2 mentions for Enterprise Bancorp. Bridgewater Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Enterprise Bancorp's score of 1.15 indicating that Enterprise Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Bridgewater Bancshares beats Enterprise Bancorp on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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