BTCS (BTCS) Competitors

BTCS (NASDAQ:BTCS) and Finward Bancorp (NASDAQ:FNWD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, BTCS or FNWD?

BTCS has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Finward Bancorp has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BTCS or FNWD?

BTCS received 4 more outperform votes than Finward Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave BTCS an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Finward Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BTCS	Outperform Votes 6 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Finward Bancorp	Outperform Votes 2 66.67%	Underperform Votes 1 33.33%

Is BTCS or FNWD more profitable?

BTCS has a net margin of 366.80% compared to Finward Bancorp's net margin of 10.85%. Finward Bancorp's return on equity of 7.91% beat BTCS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BTCS	366.80%	-15.42%	-13.77%
Finward Bancorp	10.85%	7.91%	0.58%

Is BTCS or FNWD a better dividend stock?

BTCS pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Finward Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. BTCS pays out -2.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Finward Bancorp pays out 62.3% 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. BTCS is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BTCS or FNWD?

3.5% of BTCS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.6% of Finward Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 42.8% of BTCS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of Finward Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor BTCS or FNWD?

In the previous week, BTCS had 1 more articles in the media than Finward Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for BTCS and 2 mentions for Finward Bancorp. Finward Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat BTCS's score of 0.30 indicating that Finward Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BTCS	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Finward Bancorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate BTCS or FNWD?

BTCS presently has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 83.82%. Finward Bancorp has a consensus target price of $32.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.12%. Given BTCS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe BTCS is more favorable than Finward Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BTCS	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Finward Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BTCS or FNWD?

Finward Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than BTCS. BTCS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Finward Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BTCS	$4.07M	10.69	$7.82M	-$1.71	-1.59
Finward Bancorp	$61.38M	2.14	$12.13M	$0.77	39.40

Summary

BTCS beats Finward Bancorp on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.