BWB vs. VBTX, QCRH, CMPO, BY, CCB, FBMS, OBK, SII, FSUN, and AMAL
Should you be buying Bridgewater Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridgewater Bancshares include Veritex (VBTX), QCR (QCRH), CompoSecure (CMPO), Byline Bancorp (BY), Coastal Financial (CCB), First Bancshares (FBMS), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Sprott (SII), Firstsun Capital Bancorp (FSUN), and Amalgamated Financial (AMAL). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Bridgewater Bancshares vs.
Veritex (NASDAQ:VBTX) and Bridgewater Bancshares (NASDAQ:BWB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.
Bridgewater Bancshares has a net margin of 13.54% compared to Veritex's net margin of 11.11%. Bridgewater Bancshares' return on equity of 9.02% beat Veritex's return on equity.
Veritex has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgewater Bancshares has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bridgewater Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than Veritex. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Bridgewater Bancshares and 1 mentions for Veritex. Veritex's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Bridgewater Bancshares' score of 0.72 indicating that Veritex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Veritex has higher revenue and earnings than Bridgewater Bancshares. Bridgewater Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Veritex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Veritex presently has a consensus price target of $29.40, suggesting a potential upside of 11.57%. Bridgewater Bancshares has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.01%. Given Bridgewater Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bridgewater Bancshares is more favorable than Veritex.
Veritex received 95 more outperform votes than Bridgewater Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.68% of users gave Bridgewater Bancshares an outperform vote while only 50.87% of users gave Veritex an outperform vote.
88.3% of Veritex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.8% of Bridgewater Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Veritex shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.2% of Bridgewater Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Veritex beats Bridgewater Bancshares on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BWB) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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