BWB vs. WTBA, EBTC, RBB, RBNC, EQBK, NIC, IREN, BY, QCRH, and SII
Should you be buying Bridgewater Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridgewater Bancshares include West Bancorporation (WTBA), Enterprise Bancorp (EBTC), RBB Bancorp (RBB), Reliant Bancorp (RBNC), Equity Bancshares (EQBK), Nicolet Bankshares (NIC), Iris Energy (IREN), Byline Bancorp (BY), QCR (QCRH), and Sprott (SII).
Bridgewater Bancshares (NASDAQ:BWB) and West Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WTBA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
65.8% of Bridgewater Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.3% of West Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. 23.2% of Bridgewater Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of West Bancorporation shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bridgewater Bancshares received 30 more outperform votes than West Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.50% of users gave Bridgewater Bancshares an outperform vote while only 46.55% of users gave West Bancorporation an outperform vote.
Bridgewater Bancshares presently has a consensus target price of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.64%. West Bancorporation has a consensus target price of $21.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.12%. Given Bridgewater Bancshares' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bridgewater Bancshares is more favorable than West Bancorporation.
Bridgewater Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than West Bancorporation. Bridgewater Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than West Bancorporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, West Bancorporation had 3 more articles in the media than Bridgewater Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for West Bancorporation and 9 mentions for Bridgewater Bancshares. Bridgewater Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat West Bancorporation's score of 0.26 indicating that Bridgewater Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bridgewater Bancshares has a net margin of 14.27% compared to West Bancorporation's net margin of 12.48%. West Bancorporation's return on equity of 10.16% beat Bridgewater Bancshares' return on equity.
Bridgewater Bancshares has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, West Bancorporation has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bridgewater Bancshares beats West Bancorporation on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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