FNWD vs. FSFG, SFBC, FCAP, CZWI, BVFL, PROV, RVSB, HMNF, OFED, and FGBI
Should you be buying Finward Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Finward Bancorp include First Savings Financial Group (FSFG), Sound Financial Bancorp (SFBC), First Capital (FCAP), Citizens Community Bancorp (CZWI), BV Financial (BVFL), Provident Financial (PROV), Riverview Bancorp (RVSB), HMN Financial (HMNF), Oconee Federal Financial (OFED), and First Guaranty Bancshares (FGBI). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
Finward Bancorp (NASDAQ:FNWD) and First Savings Financial Group (NASDAQ:FSFG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
First Savings Financial Group has a consensus target price of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.79%. Given First Savings Financial Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Savings Financial Group is more favorable than Finward Bancorp.
Finward Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. First Savings Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Finward Bancorp pays out 13.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Savings Financial Group pays out 55.6% 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.
First Savings Financial Group received 224 more outperform votes than Finward Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users.
Finward Bancorp has a net margin of 14.11% compared to First Savings Financial Group's net margin of 5.59%. Finward Bancorp's return on equity of 11.47% beat First Savings Financial Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, First Savings Financial Group had 2 more articles in the media than Finward Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for First Savings Financial Group and 2 mentions for Finward Bancorp. Finward Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat First Savings Financial Group's score of 0.48 indicating that Finward Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Finward Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than First Savings Financial Group. Finward Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Savings Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
26.6% of Finward Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of First Savings Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Finward Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of First Savings Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Finward Bancorp has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Savings Financial Group has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
First Savings Financial Group beats Finward Bancorp on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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