MBCN vs. BWFG, CZFS, OVLY, HMST, PKBK, CALB, NWFL, CHMG, CBAN, and COFS
Should you be buying Middlefield Banc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Middlefield Banc include Bankwell Financial Group (BWFG), Citizens Financial Services (CZFS), Oak Valley Bancorp (OVLY), HomeStreet (HMST), Parke Bancorp (PKBK), California BanCorp (CALB), Norwood Financial (NWFL), Chemung Financial (CHMG), Colony Bankcorp (CBAN), and ChoiceOne Financial Services (COFS). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Middlefield Banc (NASDAQ:MBCN) and Bankwell Financial Group (NASDAQ:BWFG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
31.7% of Middlefield Banc shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.8% of Bankwell Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Middlefield Banc shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of Bankwell Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Middlefield Banc currently has a consensus target price of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.54%. Bankwell Financial Group has a consensus target price of $34.00, suggesting a potential upside of 39.46%. Given Bankwell Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bankwell Financial Group is more favorable than Middlefield Banc.
Middlefield Banc has a net margin of 16.41% compared to Bankwell Financial Group's net margin of 15.28%. Bankwell Financial Group's return on equity of 11.55% beat Middlefield Banc's return on equity.
In the previous week, Bankwell Financial Group had 4 more articles in the media than Middlefield Banc. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Bankwell Financial Group and 6 mentions for Middlefield Banc. Bankwell Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Middlefield Banc's score of 0.59 indicating that Bankwell Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bankwell Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Middlefield Banc. Bankwell Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Middlefield Banc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Middlefield Banc received 10 more outperform votes than Bankwell Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.10% of users gave Bankwell Financial Group an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave Middlefield Banc an outperform vote.
Middlefield Banc has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bankwell Financial Group has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Middlefield Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Bankwell Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Middlefield Banc pays out 39.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bankwell Financial Group pays out 20.8% 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.
Summary
Bankwell Financial Group beats Middlefield Banc on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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