CWBC vs. CLBK, MBIN, BTDR, TFIN, QCRH, BY, CNOB, BFC, GHLD, and OBK
Should you be buying Community West Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Community West Bancshares include Columbia Financial (CLBK), Merchants Bancorp (MBIN), Bitdeer Technologies Group (BTDR), Triumph Financial (TFIN), QCR (QCRH), Byline Bancorp (BY), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Bank First National (BFC), Guild (GHLD), and Origin Bancorp (OBK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Community West Bancshares vs. Its Competitors
Columbia Financial (NASDAQ:CLBK) and Community West Bancshares (NASDAQ:CWBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Community West Bancshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Columbia Financial. Community West Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbia Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
12.7% of Columbia Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Community West Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Columbia Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of Community West Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Columbia Financial has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Community West Bancshares has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Community West Bancshares had 3 more articles in the media than Columbia Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Community West Bancshares and 3 mentions for Columbia Financial. Columbia Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Community West Bancshares' score of 1.02 indicating that Columbia Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Community West Bancshares has a net margin of 13.88% compared to Columbia Financial's net margin of 1.24%. Community West Bancshares' return on equity of 7.91% beat Columbia Financial's return on equity.
Columbia Financial presently has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.67%. Community West Bancshares has a consensus price target of $21.67, suggesting a potential upside of 2.35%. Given Columbia Financial's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Columbia Financial is more favorable than Community West Bancshares.
Summary
Community West Bancshares beats Columbia Financial on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:CWBC) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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