Community West Bancshares (CWBC) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CWBC or FBNC?

First Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Community West Bancshares. Community West Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Bancorp, 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
Community West Bancshares	$46.27M	6.88	$25.54M	$1.89	8.93
First Bancorp	$546.25M	2.27	$104.13M	$2.77	10.87

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CWBC or FBNC?

First Bancorp received 266 more outperform votes than Community West Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.13% of users gave First Bancorp an outperform vote while only 60.26% of users gave Community West Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Community West Bancshares	Outperform Votes 138 60.26%	Underperform Votes 91 39.74%
First Bancorp	Outperform Votes 404 63.13%	Underperform Votes 236 36.88%

Which has more volatility & risk, CWBC or FBNC?

Community West Bancshares has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Bancorp has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CWBC or FBNC?

In the previous week, Community West Bancshares and Community West Bancshares both had 1 articles in the media. First Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Community West Bancshares' score of 1.02 indicating that First Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Community West Bancshares	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
First Bancorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is CWBC or FBNC a better dividend stock?

Community West Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. First Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Community West Bancshares pays out 25.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Bancorp pays out 31.8% 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.

Do analysts recommend CWBC or FBNC?

Community West Bancshares presently has a consensus price target of $20.33, indicating a potential upside of 20.53%. First Bancorp has a consensus price target of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.63%. Given Community West Bancshares' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Community West Bancshares is more favorable than First Bancorp.

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

Is CWBC or FBNC more profitable?

First Bancorp has a net margin of 20.58% compared to Community West Bancshares' net margin of 20.04%. Community West Bancshares' return on equity of 11.29% beat First Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Community West Bancshares	20.04%	11.29%	0.91%
First Bancorp	20.58%	8.62%	0.95%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CWBC or FBNC?

33.8% of Community West Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.4% of First Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.2% of Community West Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of First Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

First Bancorp beats Community West Bancshares on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.