Community West Bancshares (CWBC) Competitors

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

Is CCB or CWBC more profitable?

Coastal Financial has a net margin of 6.43% compared to Community West Bancshares' net margin of 4.59%. Coastal Financial's return on equity of 14.98% beat Community West Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coastal Financial	6.43%	14.98%	1.20%
Community West Bancshares	4.59%	7.90%	0.78%

Does the media favor CCB or CWBC?

In the previous week, Community West Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than Coastal Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Community West Bancshares and 2 mentions for Coastal Financial. Community West Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Coastal Financial's score of 1.25 indicating that Community West Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coastal Financial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Community West Bancshares	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CCB or CWBC?

Coastal Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Community West Bancshares. Coastal Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Community West Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Coastal Financial	$436.55M	2.88	$45.22M	$3.38	24.78
Community West Bancshares	$46.27M	7.57	$7.67M	$0.65	28.28

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CCB or CWBC?

59.2% of Coastal Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Community West Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 14.1% of Coastal 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend CCB or CWBC?

Coastal Financial presently has a consensus target price of $105.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.37%. Community West Bancshares has a consensus target price of $20.67, suggesting a potential upside of 12.44%. Given Coastal Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Coastal Financial is more favorable than Community West Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coastal Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
Community West Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more volatility and risk, CCB or CWBC?

Coastal Financial has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Community West Bancshares has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CCB or CWBC?

Community West Bancshares received 118 more outperform votes than Coastal Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.19% of users gave Coastal Financial an outperform vote while only 59.49% of users gave Community West Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coastal Financial	Outperform Votes 23 74.19%	Underperform Votes 8 25.81%
Community West Bancshares	Outperform Votes 141 59.49%	Underperform Votes 96 40.51%

Summary

Coastal Financial beats Community West Bancshares on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.