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$15.39 +0.14 (+0.92%)
Closing price 04/30/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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BWB vs. CUBI, CLBK, SII, PWP, SUPV, CCB, VBTX, QCRH, LX, and TFIN

Should you be buying Bridgewater Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridgewater Bancshares include Customers Bancorp (CUBI), Columbia Financial (CLBK), Sprott (SII), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Grupo Supervielle (SUPV), Coastal Financial (CCB), Veritex (VBTX), QCR (QCRH), LexinFintech (LX), and Triumph Financial (TFIN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Bridgewater Bancshares vs.

Bridgewater Bancshares (NASDAQ:BWB) and Customers Bancorp (NYSE:CUBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Customers Bancorp has a net margin of 13.07% compared to Bridgewater Bancshares' net margin of 12.96%. Customers Bancorp's return on equity of 12.29% beat Bridgewater Bancshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bridgewater Bancshares12.96% 8.85% 0.71%
Customers Bancorp 13.07%12.29%0.93%

65.8% of Bridgewater Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of Customers Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 23.3% of Bridgewater Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Customers Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Customers Bancorp had 24 more articles in the media than Bridgewater Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Customers Bancorp and 7 mentions for Bridgewater Bancshares. Bridgewater Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Customers Bancorp's score of 0.96 indicating that Bridgewater Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bridgewater Bancshares
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Customers Bancorp
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Customers Bancorp received 220 more outperform votes than Bridgewater Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.54% of users gave Customers Bancorp an outperform vote while only 58.20% of users gave Bridgewater Bancshares an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Bridgewater BancsharesOutperform Votes
142
58.20%
Underperform Votes
102
41.80%
Customers BancorpOutperform Votes
362
66.54%
Underperform Votes
182
33.46%

Bridgewater Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.96%. Customers Bancorp has a consensus price target of $63.80, indicating a potential upside of 27.55%. Given Customers Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Customers Bancorp is more favorable than Bridgewater Bancshares.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bridgewater Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Customers Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bridgewater Bancshares$113.88M3.73$32.83M$1.1013.99
Customers Bancorp$648.24M2.43$181.47M$3.9712.60

Bridgewater Bancshares has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Customers Bancorp has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Customers Bancorp beats Bridgewater Bancshares on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BWB vs. The Competition

MetricBridgewater BancsharesState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$424.70M$3.06B$11.12B$7.82B
Dividend YieldN/A3.87%5.79%4.22%
P/E Ratio14.9423.1222.0018.48
Price / Sales3.732.9926.08103.60
Price / Cash9.1310.6317.6034.62
Price / Book1.191.152.654.25
Net Income$32.83M$372.21M$1.03B$248.23M
7 Day Performance11.36%0.00%0.57%0.89%
1 Month Performance10.48%-1.21%-0.43%3.53%
1 Year Performance37.90%16.72%537.91%5.09%

Bridgewater Bancshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BWB
Bridgewater Bancshares
4.6063 of 5 stars
$15.39
+0.9%
$18.00
+17.0%
+41.5%$424.70M$113.88M14.94250Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
Positive News
CUBI
Customers Bancorp
3.8845 of 5 stars
$44.01
-3.3%
$64.00
+45.4%
+9.5%$1.38B$687.50M8.66640Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
CLBK
Columbia Financial
0.7981 of 5 stars
$13.07
-1.6%
$17.00
+30.1%
-18.9%$1.37B$179.88M-108.92750Earnings Report
News Coverage
SII
Sprott
0.8689 of 5 stars
$52.91
+0.3%
N/A+33.6%$1.37B$168.35M29.07170Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
PWP
Perella Weinberg Partners
2.3524 of 5 stars
$15.53
-1.7%
$25.33
+63.1%
+15.1%$1.35B$878.04M-9.83600Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
High Trading Volume
SUPV
Grupo Supervielle
1.8499 of 5 stars
$15.09
-1.8%
$13.67
-9.4%
+137.4%$1.34B$934.81B20.964,810Short Interest ↑
CCB
Coastal Financial
4.2136 of 5 stars
$83.89
+0.8%
$98.75
+17.7%
+112.4%$1.26B$452.86M25.81380Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
VBTX
Veritex
4.84 of 5 stars
$21.53
-1.2%
$30.90
+43.5%
+19.5%$1.17B$425.65M11.04770Short Interest ↓
Positive News
QCRH
QCR
4.0901 of 5 stars
$65.83
-1.6%
$82.00
+24.6%
+18.2%$1.11B$337.71M9.81920Analyst Revision
LX
LexinFintech
4.06 of 5 stars
$6.72
-3.9%
$13.60
+102.4%
+367.3%$1.10B$14.20B10.673,900Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Down
TFIN
Triumph Financial
2.6865 of 5 stars
$46.72
-3.9%
$70.20
+50.3%
-24.1%$1.09B$416.11M86.521,430High Trading Volume

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