BWFG vs. FVCB, CBAN, CALB, MBCN, CHMG, NWFL, COFS, PKBK, OVLY, and SBNY
Should you be buying Bankwell Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bankwell Financial Group include FVCBankcorp (FVCB), Colony Bankcorp (CBAN), California BanCorp (CALB), Middlefield Banc (MBCN), Chemung Financial (CHMG), Norwood Financial (NWFL), ChoiceOne Financial Services (COFS), Parke Bancorp (PKBK), Oak Valley Bancorp (OVLY), and Signature Bank (SBNY). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Bankwell Financial Group (NASDAQ:BWFG) and FVCBankcorp (NASDAQ:FVCB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.
Bankwell Financial Group received 169 more outperform votes than FVCBankcorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.10% of users gave Bankwell Financial Group an outperform vote while only 56.00% of users gave FVCBankcorp an outperform vote.
Bankwell Financial Group has a net margin of 18.97% compared to FVCBankcorp's net margin of 4.10%. Bankwell Financial Group's return on equity of 14.45% beat FVCBankcorp's return on equity.
Bankwell Financial Group has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FVCBankcorp has a beta of 0.21, indicating that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bankwell Financial Group and Bankwell Financial Group both had 4 articles in the media. FVCBankcorp's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Bankwell Financial Group's score of 0.46 indicating that FVCBankcorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
35.8% of Bankwell Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.6% of FVCBankcorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.2% of Bankwell Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of FVCBankcorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Bankwell Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than FVCBankcorp. Bankwell Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FVCBankcorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bankwell Financial Group currently has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.05%. FVCBankcorp has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.89%. Given FVCBankcorp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FVCBankcorp is more favorable than Bankwell Financial Group.
Summary
Bankwell Financial Group beats FVCBankcorp on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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