FinWise Bancorp (FINW) Competitors

Amerant Bancorp (NASDAQ:AMTB) and FinWise Bancorp (NASDAQ:FINW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Do analysts prefer AMTB or FINW?

Amerant Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $24.60, indicating a potential upside of 45.65%. FinWise Bancorp has a consensus target price of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 38.89%. Given Amerant Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Amerant Bancorp is more favorable than FinWise Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amerant Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
FinWise Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AMTB or FINW?

FinWise Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Amerant Bancorp. Amerant Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FinWise Bancorp, 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
Amerant Bancorp	$317.91M	2.23	-$15.75M	-$0.60	-28.15
FinWise Bancorp	$82.02M	2.44	$12.74M	$0.94	16.09

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AMTB or FINW?

Amerant Bancorp received 54 more outperform votes than FinWise Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave FinWise Bancorp an outperform vote while only 47.76% of users gave Amerant Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Amerant Bancorp	Outperform Votes 64 47.76%	Underperform Votes 70 52.24%
FinWise Bancorp	Outperform Votes 10 62.50%	Underperform Votes 6 37.50%

Which has more risk & volatility, AMTB or FINW?

Amerant Bancorp has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FinWise Bancorp has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AMTB or FINW?

42.1% of Amerant Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.4% of FinWise Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Amerant Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of FinWise Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer AMTB or FINW?

In the previous week, Amerant Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than FinWise Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Amerant Bancorp and 7 mentions for FinWise Bancorp. Amerant Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat FinWise Bancorp's score of 0.06 indicating that Amerant Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Amerant Bancorp	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
FinWise Bancorp	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is AMTB or FINW more profitable?

FinWise Bancorp has a net margin of 13.23% compared to Amerant Bancorp's net margin of -8.38%. FinWise Bancorp's return on equity of 7.67% beat Amerant Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amerant Bancorp	-8.38%	6.36%	0.51%
FinWise Bancorp	13.23%	7.67%	2.00%

Summary

FinWise Bancorp beats Amerant Bancorp on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.