Community West Bancshares (CWBC) Competitors

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

Is VBTX or CWBC a better dividend stock?

Veritex pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Community West Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Veritex pays out 43.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Community West Bancshares pays out 73.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Veritex is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of VBTX or CWBC?

88.3% of Veritex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Community West Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Veritex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of Community West Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, VBTX or CWBC?

Veritex has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Community West Bancshares has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is VBTX or CWBC more profitable?

Veritex has a net margin of 13.44% compared to Community West Bancshares' net margin of 4.59%. Community West Bancshares' return on equity of 7.90% beat Veritex's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Veritex	13.44%	7.59%	0.93%
Community West Bancshares	4.59%	7.90%	0.78%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, VBTX or CWBC?

Veritex has higher revenue and earnings than Community West Bancshares. Veritex 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
Veritex	$435.91M	2.92	$107.24M	$2.04	11.46
Community West Bancshares	$46.27M	7.24	$7.67M	$0.65	27.02

Do analysts prefer VBTX or CWBC?

Veritex presently has a consensus target price of $30.25, suggesting a potential upside of 29.41%. Community West Bancshares has a consensus target price of $20.67, suggesting a potential upside of 17.65%. Given Veritex's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Veritex is more favorable than Community West Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Veritex	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Community West Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VBTX or CWBC?

Veritex received 100 more outperform votes than Community West Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.49% of users gave Community West Bancshares an outperform vote while only 51.28% of users gave Veritex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Veritex	Outperform Votes 241 51.28%	Underperform Votes 229 48.72%
Community West Bancshares	Outperform Votes 141 59.49%	Underperform Votes 96 40.51%

Does the media favor VBTX or CWBC?

In the previous week, Veritex had 6 more articles in the media than Community West Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Veritex and 12 mentions for Community West Bancshares. Veritex's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Community West Bancshares' score of 0.91 indicating that Veritex is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Veritex	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Community West Bancshares	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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