Community West Bancshares (CWBC) Competitors

First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) and Community West Bancshares (NASDAQ:CWBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BUSE or CWBC?

First Busey received 234 more outperform votes than Community West Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.26% of users gave Community West Bancshares an outperform vote while only 54.63% of users gave First Busey an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Busey	Outperform Votes 372 54.63%	Underperform Votes 309 45.37%
Community West Bancshares	Outperform Votes 138 60.26%	Underperform Votes 91 39.74%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BUSE or CWBC?

56.5% of First Busey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Community West Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of First Busey shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.2% of Community West Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate BUSE or CWBC?

First Busey presently has a consensus price target of $25.75, suggesting a potential upside of 14.60%. Community West Bancshares has a consensus price target of $20.33, suggesting a potential upside of 22.27%. Given First Busey's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Community West Bancshares is more favorable than First Busey.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Busey	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Community West Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is BUSE or CWBC a better dividend stock?

First Busey pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Community West Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. First Busey pays out 48.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Community West Bancshares pays out 25.4% 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.

Is BUSE or CWBC more profitable?

Community West Bancshares has a net margin of 20.04% compared to Community West Bancshares' net margin of 18.08%. First Busey's return on equity of 11.29% beat Community West Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Busey	18.08%	9.37%	0.95%
Community West Bancshares	20.04%	11.29%	0.91%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BUSE or CWBC?

First Busey has higher revenue and earnings than Community West Bancshares. Community West Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Busey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Busey	$601.76M	2.12	$122.57M	$1.98	11.35
Community West Bancshares	$109.44M	2.87	$25.54M	$1.89	8.80

Which has more risk & volatility, BUSE or CWBC?

First Busey has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Community West Bancshares has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor BUSE or CWBC?

In the previous week, Community West Bancshares had 5 more articles in the media than First Busey. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Community West Bancshares and 1 mentions for First Busey. Community West Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat First Busey's score of 1.04 indicating that First Busey is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Busey	Very Positive
Community West Bancshares	Positive

Summary

First Busey beats Community West Bancshares on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.