BWB vs. MOFG, RRBI, RBB, MPB, FFIC, EBTC, ACNB, FBIZ, INBK, and FSBC
Should you be buying Bridgewater Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridgewater Bancshares include MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG), Red River Bancshares (RRBI), RBB Bancorp (RBB), Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), Flushing Financial (FFIC), Enterprise Bancorp (EBTC), ACNB (ACNB), First Business Financial Services (FBIZ), First Internet Bancorp (INBK), and Five Star Bancorp (FSBC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
MidWestOne Financial Group (NASDAQ:MOFG) and Bridgewater Bancshares (NASDAQ:BWB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
65.4% of MidWestOne Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.8% of Bridgewater Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of MidWestOne Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.2% of Bridgewater Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
MidWestOne Financial Group has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgewater Bancshares has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bridgewater Bancshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MidWestOne Financial Group. Bridgewater Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MidWestOne Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Bridgewater Bancshares had 2 more articles in the media than MidWestOne Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Bridgewater Bancshares and 0 mentions for MidWestOne Financial Group. MidWestOne Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Bridgewater Bancshares' score of 0.00 indicating that Bridgewater Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MidWestOne Financial Group received 77 more outperform votes than Bridgewater Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.14% of users gave Bridgewater Bancshares an outperform vote while only 53.38% of users gave MidWestOne Financial Group an outperform vote.
Bridgewater Bancshares has a net margin of 17.46% compared to Bridgewater Bancshares' net margin of 7.78%. MidWestOne Financial Group's return on equity of 11.53% beat Bridgewater Bancshares' return on equity.
MidWestOne Financial Group currently has a consensus price target of $25.67, suggesting a potential upside of 21.93%. Bridgewater Bancshares has a consensus price target of $15.75, suggesting a potential upside of 33.02%. Given MidWestOne Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bridgewater Bancshares is more favorable than MidWestOne Financial Group.
Summary
Bridgewater Bancshares beats MidWestOne Financial Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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