FINW vs. LDI, BKKT, BHRB, OSBC, BETR, FMBH, ESQ, OPFI, SBSI, and LX
Should you be buying FinWise Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FinWise Bancorp include loanDepot (LDI), Bakkt (BKKT), Burke & Herbert Financial Services (BHRB), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), Better Home & Finance (BETR), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Esquire Financial (ESQ), OppFi (OPFI), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), and LexinFintech (LX). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
FinWise Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
loanDepot (NYSE:LDI) and FinWise Bancorp (NASDAQ:FINW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
39.4% of loanDepot shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.4% of FinWise Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 78.1% of loanDepot shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.3% of FinWise Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
FinWise Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than loanDepot. loanDepot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FinWise Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
loanDepot has a beta of 3.45, suggesting that its stock price is 245% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FinWise Bancorp has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
FinWise Bancorp has a net margin of 12.72% compared to loanDepot's net margin of -5.95%. FinWise Bancorp's return on equity of 7.70% beat loanDepot's return on equity.
loanDepot currently has a consensus price target of $2.85, suggesting a potential downside of 5.16%. FinWise Bancorp has a consensus price target of $20.88, suggesting a potential upside of 18.61%. Given FinWise Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FinWise Bancorp is more favorable than loanDepot.
In the previous week, loanDepot had 9 more articles in the media than FinWise Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for loanDepot and 2 mentions for FinWise Bancorp. FinWise Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat loanDepot's score of 0.29 indicating that FinWise Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
FinWise Bancorp beats loanDepot on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:FINW) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
