Compare Stocks: CWBC, NBTB, WAFD, and FRME

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CWBC Community West Bancshares	$25.20 -0.7%	$25.95	$18.61 ▼ $28.17	$688.94M	0.8	265,508 shs	146,575 shs
FRME First Merchants	$42.59 -0.5%	$42.44	$34.66 ▼ $45.33	$2.69B	0.84	491,652 shs	296,014 shs
NBTB NBT Bancorp	$52.66 -0.5%	$49.83	$39.19 ▼ $54.50	$2.75B	0.48	433,285 shs	259,407 shs
WAFD WaFd	$37.16 -0.8%	$37.11	$26.31 ▼ $39.49	$2.77B	0.84	619,618 shs	421,731 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CWBC Community West Bancshares	-0.75%	+0.68%	-4.58%	+5.04%	+34.47%
FRME First Merchants	-0.49%	-1.27%	+1.04%	+5.39%	+13.69%
NBTB NBT Bancorp	-0.47%	+0.02%	+7.36%	+15.51%	+28.91%
WAFD WaFd	-0.83%	+1.06%	+0.70%	+4.53%	+26.31%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CWBC Community West Bancshares	$25.20 -0.7%	$25.95	$18.61 ▼ $28.17	$688.94M	0.8	265,508 shs	146,575 shs
FRME First Merchants	$42.59 -0.5%	$42.44	$34.66 ▼ $45.33	$2.69B	0.84	491,652 shs	296,014 shs
NBTB NBT Bancorp	$52.66 -0.5%	$49.83	$39.19 ▼ $54.50	$2.75B	0.48	433,285 shs	259,407 shs
WAFD WaFd	$37.16 -0.8%	$37.11	$26.31 ▼ $39.49	$2.77B	0.84	619,618 shs	421,731 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CWBC Community West Bancshares	-0.75%	+0.68%	-4.58%	+5.04%	+34.47%
FRME First Merchants	-0.49%	-1.27%	+1.04%	+5.39%	+13.69%
NBTB NBT Bancorp	-0.47%	+0.02%	+7.36%	+15.51%	+28.91%
WAFD WaFd	-0.83%	+1.06%	+0.70%	+4.53%	+26.31%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CWBC Community West Bancshares	2.60	Moderate Buy	$28.17	11.77% Upside
FRME First Merchants	2.50	Moderate Buy	$49.00	15.05% Upside
NBTB NBT Bancorp	2.38	Hold	$54.10	2.73% Upside
WAFD WaFd	2.20	Hold	$37.00	-0.43% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest CWBC, NBTB, WAFD, and FRME Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/3/2026	FRME First Merchants	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B)
8/3/2026	NBTB NBT Bancorp	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform ➝ Hold	$52.00 ➝ $54.00
7/30/2026	NBTB NBT Bancorp	Stephens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Equal Weight	$52.00 ➝ $55.00
7/29/2026	NBTB NBT Bancorp	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$52.00 ➝ $59.00
7/21/2026	NBTB NBT Bancorp	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B)
7/20/2026	WAFD WaFd	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$38.00 ➝ $40.00
7/10/2026	CWBC Community West Bancshares	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B)
6/26/2026	NBTB NBT Bancorp	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$50.00 ➝ $56.00
6/26/2026	FRME First Merchants	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$49.00 ➝ $51.00
6/22/2026	WAFD WaFd	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
5/22/2026	WAFD WaFd	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)

(Data available from 8/8/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
CWBC Community West Bancshares	$196.20M	3.48	$2.10 per share	11.98	$21.37 per share	1.18
FRME First Merchants	$1.05B	2.54	$4.40 per share	9.67	$42.55 per share	1.00
NBTB NBT Bancorp	$906.48M	3.02	$4.37 per share	12.05	$37.38 per share	1.41
WAFD WaFd	$1.41B	1.95	$3.06 per share	12.15	$36.79 per share	1.01

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
CWBC Community West Bancshares	$38.17M	$1.85	13.62	8.43	N/A	16.86%	11.35%	1.27%	10/21/2026 (Estimated)
FRME First Merchants	$226M	$3.12	13.65	9.57	N/A	17.05%	8.86%	1.12%	N/A
NBTB NBT Bancorp	$169.24M	$4.09	12.88	11.70	N/A	22.58%	11.27%	1.33%	10/26/2026 (Estimated)
WAFD WaFd	$226.07M	$3.17	11.72	10.99	N/A	18.47%	8.98%	0.89%	10/15/2026 (Estimated)

Latest CWBC, NBTB, WAFD, and FRME Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/27/2026	Q2 2026	NBTB NBT Bancorp	$1.02	$1.01	-$0.01	$1.02	$188.81 million	$186.69 million
7/23/2026	Q2 2026	CWBC Community West Bancshares	$0.3040	$0.45	+$0.1460	$0.10	$55.65 million	$48.40 million
7/22/2026	Q2 2026	FRME First Merchants	$1.02	$0.74	-$0.28	$0.70	$202.78 million	$202.49 million
7/17/2026	Q3 2026	WAFD WaFd	$0.82	$0.81	-$0.01	$0.84	$199.56 million	$205.52 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CWBC Community West Bancshares	$0.48	1.90%	+1.76%	25.95%	N/A
FRME First Merchants	$1.48	3.47%	+6.58%	47.44%	13 Years
NBTB NBT Bancorp	$1.48	2.81%	+5.63%	36.19%	12 Years
WAFD WaFd	$1.08	2.91%	+4.23%	34.07%	2 Years

Latest CWBC, NBTB, WAFD, and FRME Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/27/2026	NBTB NBT Bancorp	quarterly	$0.40	3.05%	9/1/2026	9/1/2026	9/15/2026
7/22/2026	CWBC Community West Bancshares	Quarterly	$0.12	1.9%	8/7/2026	8/7/2026	8/21/2026
5/19/2026	FRME First Merchants	quarterly	$0.37	3.71%	6/5/2026	6/5/2026	6/19/2026
5/19/2026	NBTB NBT Bancorp	quarterly	$0.37	3.25%	6/1/2026	6/1/2026	6/15/2026
5/12/2026	WAFD WaFd	quarterly	$0.27	3.06%	5/22/2026	5/22/2026	6/5/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CWBC Community West Bancshares	0.17	0.86	0.86
FRME First Merchants	0.56	0.95	0.92
NBTB NBT Bancorp	0.08	0.87	0.87
WAFD WaFd	1.20	0.98	0.97

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CWBC Community West Bancshares	33.80%
FRME First Merchants	73.92%
NBTB NBT Bancorp	58.46%
WAFD WaFd	83.71%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CWBC Community West Bancshares	9.03%
FRME First Merchants	1.77%
NBTB NBT Bancorp	2.99%
WAFD WaFd	1.49%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CWBC Community West Bancshares	253	27.13 million	24.68 million	Optionable
FRME First Merchants	2,086	62.80 million	61.69 million	Optionable
NBTB NBT Bancorp	2,303	52.01 million	50.46 million	Optionable
WAFD WaFd	2,037	74.00 million	72.89 million	Optionable

CWBC, NBTB, WAFD, and FRME Headlines

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WaFd Bank

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WaFd Bank Donates $100,000 to American Red Cross to Support Spokane and Eastern Washington Wildfire Relief

August 5 at 7:34 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Sei Investments Co. Acquires 103,312 Shares of WaFd, Inc. $WAFD

August 5 at 4:39 AM | marketbeat.com

WaFd Bank (WAFD): Buy, sell, or hold post Q2 earnings?

August 4, 2026 | msn.com

Banking on Relationships: Why Small Businesses Need More Than Capital

August 3, 2026 | geekwire.comG

WaFd, Inc. (NASDAQ:WAFD) Given Consensus Rating of "Hold" by Analysts

July 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Bank of New York Mellon Corp Sells 36,468 Shares of WaFd, Inc. $WAFD

July 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

WaFd Bank Highlights Strong Growth and Credit Performance

July 28, 2026 | tipranks.com

WaFd, Inc. $WAFD Shares Sold by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP

July 27, 2026 | marketbeat.com

WaFd, Inc. $WAFD Shares Purchased by Principal Financial Group Inc.

July 24, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Fifth Third Bancorp Grows Position in WaFd, Inc. $WAFD

July 22, 2026 | marketbeat.com

WaFd Inc (WAFD) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Strong Loan Growth and Shareholder Returns ...

July 21, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

WaFd, Inc. $WAFD Shares Purchased by Bessemer Group Inc.

July 21, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Washington Federal Earnings Call Highlights Growth Amid Headwinds

July 17, 2026 | tipranks.com

WaFd, Inc. (WAFD) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

July 17, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

WaFd Q3 Earnings Call Highlights

July 17, 2026 | marketbeat.com

WAFD Q3 Earnings Lag on Higher Provisions & Expenses, Revenues Up Y/Y

July 17, 2026 | zacks.com

WaFd (WAFD) Reports Q3 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say

July 16, 2026 | zacks.com

WaFd (WAFD) Lags Q3 Earnings Estimates

July 16, 2026 | zacks.com

WaFd Announces Quarterly Earnings Per Share Of $0.84

July 16, 2026 | businesswire.com

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CWBC, NBTB, WAFD, and FRME Company Descriptions

Community West Bancshares NASDAQ:CWBC

$25.20 -0.19 (-0.75%)

As of 08/7/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Community West Bancshares operates as the bank holding company for Community West Bank, N.A. that provides various financial products and services in California. The company offers deposit products, such as checking accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, and fixed rate and fixed maturity certificates of deposits; and cash management products. It also provides commercial, commercial real estate, consumer, manufactured housing, and small business administration loans, as well as agricultural loans for real estate and operating lines; home equity lines of credit collateralized by residential real estate; single family real estate loans; and installment loans consisting of automobile and general-purpose loans. The company serves small to medium-sized businesses and their owners, professionals, high-net worth individuals, and non-profit organizations. Community West Bancshares was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Goleta, California.

First Merchants NASDAQ:FRME

$42.59 -0.21 (-0.49%)

Closing price 08/7/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$42.58 -0.01 (-0.02%)

As of 08/7/2026 07:34 PM Eastern

First Merchants Corporation operates as the financial holding company for First Merchants Bank that provides community banking services. The company offers a range of financial services, including time, savings, and demand deposits; and consumer, commercial, agri-business, public finance, and real estate mortgage loans. It also provides personal and corporate trust; brokerage and private wealth management; and letters of credit, repurchase agreements, and other corporate services. The company operates banking locations in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan counties. It also offers its services through electronic and mobile delivery channels. First Merchants Corporation was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Muncie, Indiana.

NBT Bancorp NASDAQ:NBTB

$52.66 -0.25 (-0.47%)

Closing price 08/7/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$52.68 +0.02 (+0.03%)

As of 08/7/2026 07:34 PM Eastern

NBT Bancorp Inc., a financial holding company, provides commercial banking, retail banking, and wealth management services. Its deposit products include demand deposit, savings, negotiable order of withdrawal, money market deposit, and certificate of deposit accounts. The company's loan portfolio comprises indirect and direct consumer, home equity, mortgages, business banking loans, and commercial loans; commercial and industrial, commercial real estate, agricultural, and commercial construction loans; and residential real estate loans. It also provides trust and investment services; financial planning and life insurance services; and retirement plan administration and recordkeeping services. In addition, the company offers insurance products comprising personal property and casualty, business liability, and commercial insurance, as well as other products and services through 24-hour online, mobile, and telephone channels that enable customers to check balances, make deposits, transfer funds, pay bills, access statements, apply for loans, and access various other products and services. Further, it operates as a property management and passive investment company, as well as investment advisor that provides investment management and financial consulting services. The company operates in upstate New York, northeastern Pennsylvania, southern New Hampshire, western Massachusetts, Vermont, southern Maine, and central and northwestern Connecticut. NBT Bancorp Inc. was founded in 1856 and is headquartered in Norwich, New York.

WaFd NASDAQ:WAFD

$37.16 -0.31 (-0.83%)

Closing price 08/7/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$37.16 0.00 (-0.01%)

As of 08/7/2026 07:34 PM Eastern

WaFd, Inc operates as the bank holding company for Washington Federal Bank that provides lending, depository, insurance, and other banking services in the United States. The company offers deposit products, including business and personal checking accounts, and term certificates of deposit, as well as money market accounts and passbook savings accounts. It also provides single-family dwellings, construction, land acquisition and development, consumer lot, multi-family residential, commercial real estate, home equity, business, and consumer loans, as well as commercial and industrial loans. In addition, the company offers insurance brokerage services, such as individual and business insurance policies; holds and markets real estate properties; and debit and credit cards, as well as acts as the trustee. It serves consumers, mid-sized and large businesses, and owners and developers of commercial real estate. The company was formerly known as Washington Federal, Inc. and changed its name to WaFd, Inc in September 2023. WaFd, Inc was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

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