Community West Bancshares (CWBC) Competitors

Community West Bancshares (NASDAQ:CWBC) and Iris Energy (NASDAQ:IREN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Do analysts rate CWBC or IREN?

Community West Bancshares presently has a consensus target price of $20.67, suggesting a potential upside of 14.72%. Iris Energy has a consensus target price of $20.30, suggesting a potential upside of 119.10%. Given Iris Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Iris Energy is more favorable than Community West Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Community West Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Iris Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer CWBC or IREN?

In the previous week, Iris Energy had 39 more articles in the media than Community West Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Iris Energy and 4 mentions for Community West Bancshares. Community West Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Iris Energy's score of 0.52 indicating that Community West Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Community West Bancshares	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Iris Energy	12 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CWBC or IREN?

33.8% of Community West Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.1% of Iris Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 10.6% of Community West Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.5% of Iris Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CWBC or IREN?

Community West Bancshares has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Iris Energy.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Community West Bancshares	$46.27M	7.42	$7.67M	$0.65	27.72
Iris Energy	$372.10M	4.68	-$28.95M	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, CWBC or IREN?

Community West Bancshares has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Iris Energy has a beta of 3.67, meaning that its share price is 267% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CWBC or IREN?

Community West Bancshares received 65 more outperform votes than Iris Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.35% of users gave Iris Energy an outperform vote while only 59.49% of users gave Community West Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Community West Bancshares	Outperform Votes 141 59.49%	Underperform Votes 96 40.51%
Iris Energy	Outperform Votes 76 78.35%	Underperform Votes 21 21.65%

Is CWBC or IREN more profitable?

Community West Bancshares has a net margin of 4.59% compared to Iris Energy's net margin of -17.94%. Community West Bancshares' return on equity of 7.90% beat Iris Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Community West Bancshares	4.59%	7.90%	0.78%
Iris Energy	-17.94%	-3.98%	-3.33%

Summary

Iris Energy beats Community West Bancshares on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.