BWFG vs. CALB, FFNW, COFS, MBCN, CZFS, CBAN, SBNY, NWFL, PKBK, and ISTR
Should you be buying Bankwell Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bankwell Financial Group include California BanCorp (CALB), First Financial Northwest (FFNW), ChoiceOne Financial Services (COFS), Middlefield Banc (MBCN), Citizens Financial Services (CZFS), Colony Bankcorp (CBAN), Signature Bank (SBNY), Norwood Financial (NWFL), Parke Bancorp (PKBK), and Investar (ISTR). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
California BanCorp (NASDAQ:CALB) and Bankwell Financial Group (NASDAQ:BWFG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
California BanCorp has a net margin of 17.16% compared to California BanCorp's net margin of 15.28%. California BanCorp's return on equity of 11.67% beat Bankwell Financial Group's return on equity.
Bankwell Financial Group received 175 more outperform votes than California BanCorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.10% of users gave Bankwell Financial Group an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave California BanCorp an outperform vote.
Bankwell Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than California BanCorp. Bankwell Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than California BanCorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
California BanCorp currently has a consensus target price of $26.25, indicating a potential upside of 19.05%. Bankwell Financial Group has a consensus target price of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.92%. Given California BanCorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bankwell Financial Group is more favorable than California BanCorp.
In the previous week, California BanCorp had 11 more articles in the media than Bankwell Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for California BanCorp and 2 mentions for Bankwell Financial Group. California BanCorp's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Bankwell Financial Group's score of 0.48 indicating that Bankwell Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
California BanCorp has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bankwell Financial Group has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
59.5% of California BanCorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.8% of Bankwell Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.8% of California BanCorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of Bankwell Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Bankwell Financial Group beats California BanCorp on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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