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BWFG vs. PGY, OBK, FBMS, OBNK, FSUN, OPFI, PFC, ML, TRIN, and AMAL

Should you be buying Bankwell Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bankwell Financial Group include Pagaya Technologies (PGY), Origin Bancorp (OBK), First Bancshares (FBMS), Origin Bancorp (OBNK), Firstsun Capital Bancorp (FSUN), OppFi (OPFI), Premier Financial (PFC), MoneyLion (ML), Trinity Capital (TRIN), and Amalgamated Financial (AMAL). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Bankwell Financial Group vs.

Bankwell Financial Group (NASDAQ:BWFG) and Pagaya Technologies (NASDAQ:PGY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.

Bankwell Financial Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pagaya Technologies. Pagaya Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bankwell Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bankwell Financial Group$88.51M3.00$9.31M$1.5721.50
Pagaya Technologies$1.05B1.10-$401.41M-$5.07-3.01

35.8% of Bankwell Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Pagaya Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.5% of Bankwell Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 47.6% of Pagaya Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Bankwell Financial Group presently has a consensus target price of $42.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.41%. Pagaya Technologies has a consensus target price of $20.61, indicating a potential upside of 34.98%. Given Pagaya Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pagaya Technologies is more favorable than Bankwell Financial Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bankwell Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Pagaya Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78

Bankwell Financial Group has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pagaya Technologies has a beta of 5.88, meaning that its share price is 488% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Pagaya Technologies had 6 more articles in the media than Bankwell Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Pagaya Technologies and 1 mentions for Bankwell Financial Group. Bankwell Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Pagaya Technologies' score of 1.16 indicating that Bankwell Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bankwell Financial Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Pagaya Technologies
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Bankwell Financial Group received 159 more outperform votes than Pagaya Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.50% of users gave Pagaya Technologies an outperform vote while only 63.73% of users gave Bankwell Financial Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Bankwell Financial GroupOutperform Votes
188
63.73%
Underperform Votes
107
36.27%
Pagaya TechnologiesOutperform Votes
29
72.50%
Underperform Votes
11
27.50%

Bankwell Financial Group has a net margin of 4.76% compared to Pagaya Technologies' net margin of -39.20%. Bankwell Financial Group's return on equity of 3.48% beat Pagaya Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bankwell Financial Group4.76% 3.48% 0.30%
Pagaya Technologies -39.20%0.82%0.36%

Summary

Bankwell Financial Group and Pagaya Technologies tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BWFG vs. The Competition

MetricBankwell Financial GroupState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$265.79M$3.24B$11.47B$8.39B
Dividend Yield2.24%3.70%5.45%4.11%
P/E Ratio28.6123.7222.4219.71
Price / Sales3.003.0627.62120.55
Price / Cash5.8710.6317.6234.62
Price / Book0.971.192.774.50
Net Income$9.31M$372.21M$1.03B$248.22M
7 Day Performance-5.51%-2.97%-0.23%0.56%
1 Month Performance11.71%4.41%6.11%13.17%
1 Year Performance38.47%15.59%536.61%7.30%

Bankwell Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BWFG
Bankwell Financial Group
2.2134 of 5 stars
$33.76
-1.4%
$42.00
+24.4%
+41.7%$265.79M$88.51M28.61140Positive News
PGY
Pagaya Technologies
3.9352 of 5 stars
$14.43
+0.9%
$20.61
+42.8%
+20.4%$1.09B$1.05B-2.62800News Coverage
Positive News
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.9329 of 5 stars
$34.18
+0.0%
$42.20
+23.5%
+0.1%$1.07B$358.20M13.891,010Positive News
FBMS
First Bancshares
1.931 of 5 stars
$33.75
+0.3%
$38.75
+14.8%
+31.4%$1.05B$276.99M13.83870News Coverage
High Trading Volume
OBNK
Origin Bancorp
0.8636 of 5 stars
$34.17
+0.1%
N/A+3.4%$1.05B$347.14M10.641,010
FSUN
Firstsun Capital Bancorp
3.2533 of 5 stars
$37.00
+0.4%
$46.00
+24.3%
N/A$1.03B$380.04M12.011,176Positive News
OPFI
OppFi
2.147 of 5 stars
$11.87
+0.5%
$13.33
+12.3%
+245.4%$1.02B$538.89M74.19570
PFC
Premier Financial
N/A$28.04
flat
N/AN/A$1.00B$243.59M14.091,023
ML
MoneyLion
N/A$85.90
flat
$90.40
+5.2%
N/A$972.39M$545.91M390.45560
TRIN
Trinity Capital
1.8584 of 5 stars
$14.98
+0.9%
$15.13
+1.0%
-2.7%$968.47M$190.27M8.7640Positive News
AMAL
Amalgamated Financial
3.4744 of 5 stars
$30.49
-0.4%
$36.50
+19.7%
+18.6%$932.69M$319.77M8.84380Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:BWFG) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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