Bankwell Financial Group (BWFG) Competitors $34.24 +0.75 (+2.22%) As of 10:20 AM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock BWFG vs. TRIN, WULF, CIFR, BTDR, CNOB, AMAL, CFB, CNCK, GHLD, and FMBHShould you be buying Bankwell Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bankwell Financial Group include Trinity Capital (TRIN), TeraWulf (WULF), Cipher Mining (CIFR), Bitdeer Technologies Group (BTDR), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), Coincheck Group (CNCK), Guild (GHLD), and First Mid Bancshares (FMBH). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry. Bankwell Financial Group vs. Trinity Capital TeraWulf Cipher Mining Bitdeer Technologies Group ConnectOne Bancorp Amalgamated Financial CrossFirst Bankshares Coincheck Group Guild First Mid Bancshares Bankwell Financial Group (NASDAQ:BWFG) and Trinity Capital (NASDAQ:TRIN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends. Does the media prefer BWFG or TRIN? In the previous week, Trinity Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Bankwell Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Trinity Capital and 8 mentions for Bankwell Financial Group. Bankwell Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Trinity Capital's score of 0.67 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 2 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Trinity Capital 3 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do institutionals and insiders believe in BWFG or TRIN? 35.8% of Bankwell Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.6% of Trinity Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.5% of Bankwell Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Trinity Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BWFG or TRIN? Bankwell Financial Group received 134 more outperform votes than Trinity Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.73% of users gave Bankwell Financial Group an outperform vote while only 53.47% of users gave Trinity Capital an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBankwell Financial GroupOutperform Votes18863.73% Underperform Votes10736.27% Trinity CapitalOutperform Votes5453.47% Underperform Votes4746.53% Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BWFG or TRIN? Trinity Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Bankwell Financial Group. Trinity Capital 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 RatioBankwell Financial Group$88.51M2.99$9.31M$1.5721.34Trinity Capital$175.49M5.09$76.89M$2.066.91 Do analysts recommend BWFG or TRIN? Bankwell Financial Group presently has a consensus price target of $42.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.37%. Trinity Capital has a consensus price target of $15.17, indicating a potential upside of 6.58%. Given Bankwell Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Bankwell Financial Group is more favorable than Trinity Capital.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) 3.00Trinity Capital 1 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Which has more risk & volatility, BWFG or TRIN? Bankwell Financial Group has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trinity Capital has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is BWFG or TRIN more profitable? Trinity Capital has a net margin of 40.73% compared to Bankwell Financial Group's net margin of 4.76%. Trinity Capital's return on equity of 15.90% beat Bankwell Financial Group's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Bankwell Financial Group4.76% 3.48% 0.30% Trinity Capital 40.73%15.90%7.14% Is BWFG or TRIN a better dividend stock? Bankwell Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Trinity Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.3%. Bankwell Financial Group pays out 51.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trinity Capital pays out 99.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SummaryBankwell Financial Group beats Trinity Capital on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Bankwell Financial Group News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BWFG and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart BWFG vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBankwell Financial GroupState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$264.28M$3.08B$11.10B$7.93BDividend Yield2.49%3.86%5.77%4.22%P/E Ratio28.3923.5922.1018.54Price / Sales2.993.0126.31103.30Price / Cash5.8710.6317.6034.62Price / Book0.961.162.674.25Net Income$9.31M$372.21M$1.03B$248.18M7 Day Performance4.07%1.21%0.72%1.03%1 Month Performance11.30%-1.21%-0.58%2.70%1 Year Performance40.23%16.16%537.58%4.05% Bankwell Financial Group Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BWFGBankwell Financial Group3.2404 of 5 stars$34.25+2.2%$42.00+22.6%+41.9%$270.16M$88.51M29.02140News CoverageGap DownTRINTrinity Capital1.9217 of 5 stars$14.01-2.2%$15.63+11.5%-3.3%$880.26M$175.49M8.1940Upcoming EarningsOptions VolumeWULFTeraWulf2.867 of 5 stars$2.25-4.3%$7.86+249.2%+52.8%$861.80M$140.05M-11.256Upcoming EarningsAnalyst RevisionNews CoveragePositive NewsGap UpCIFRCipher Mining2.754 of 5 stars$2.34-1.3%$8.13+247.2%-15.4%$860.25M$151.27M-18.0010Upcoming EarningsGap UpBTDRBitdeer Technologies Group2.9343 of 5 stars$7.60-0.3%$19.50+156.6%+85.1%$850.94M$349.78M-14.62211Analyst RevisionNews CoveragePositive NewsGap UpCNOBConnectOne Bancorp4.8068 of 5 stars$21.38-0.8%$28.50+33.3%+22.6%$822.49M$264.07M12.08520AMALAmalgamated Financial4.2032 of 5 stars$26.32-1.5%$38.50+46.3%+14.7%$807.68M$316.48M7.63380CFBCrossFirst BanksharesN/A$15.99flat$19.33+20.9%N/A$788.55M$261.78M10.25460CNCKCoincheck Group2.0328 of 5 stars$6.05+3.6%$10.00+65.3%N/A$784.69M$370.15B0.00N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsGap DownGHLDGuild4.4356 of 5 stars$12.61-2.2%$16.50+30.8%-4.1%$780.61M$1.06B-8.145,100Upcoming EarningsFMBHFirst Mid Bancshares3.6093 of 5 stars$32.10-0.7%$45.00+40.2%+8.9%$769.82M$318.63M9.761,070Earnings ReportDividend Announcement Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Trinity Capital Competitors TeraWulf Competitors Cipher Mining Competitors Bitdeer Technologies Group Competitors ConnectOne Bancorp Competitors Amalgamated Financial Competitors CrossFirst Bankshares Competitors Coincheck Group Competitors Guild Competitors First Mid Bancshares Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:BWFG) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHere’s How to Claim Your Stake in Elon’s Private Company, xAII predict this single breakthrough could make Elon the world’s first trillionaire — and mint more new milliona...Brownstone Research | SponsoredThe next market Nvidia is positioned to dominate …Robots — built by Nvidia. 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