MYFW vs. PEBK, ISTR, CWBC, OPBK, CALB, FFNW, BWFG, COFS, CFFI, and MBCN
Should you be buying First Western Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Western Financial include Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (PEBK), Investar (ISTR), Community West Bancshares (CWBC), OP Bancorp (OPBK), California BanCorp (CALB), First Financial Northwest (FFNW), Bankwell Financial Group (BWFG), ChoiceOne Financial Services (COFS), C&F Financial (CFFI), and Middlefield Banc (MBCN). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
First Western Financial (NASDAQ:MYFW) and Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (NASDAQ:PEBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina has a net margin of 16.29% compared to First Western Financial's net margin of 4.28%. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's return on equity of 14.14% beat First Western Financial's return on equity.
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First Western Financial. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Western Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
60.3% of First Western Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.8% of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of First Western Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina 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.
First Western Financial has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Western Financial currently has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.47%. Given First Western Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Western Financial is more favorable than Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina.
In the previous week, First Western Financial and First Western Financial both had 2 articles in the media. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat First Western Financial's score of 0.44 indicating that Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina received 85 more outperform votes than First Western Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina an outperform vote while only 48.87% of users gave First Western Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina beats First Western Financial on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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