FINW vs. ATLC, OSBC, FMBH, BHRB, SBSI, NBN, AMTB, OPFI, AMAL, and ESQ
Should you be buying FinWise Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FinWise Bancorp include Atlanticus (ATLC), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Burke & Herbert Financial Services (BHRB), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Northeast Bancorp (NBN), Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), OppFi (OPFI), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), and Esquire Financial (ESQ). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
FinWise Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
FinWise Bancorp (NASDAQ:FINW) and Atlanticus (NASDAQ:ATLC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
FinWise Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $20.88, suggesting a potential upside of 10.80%. Atlanticus has a consensus target price of $63.20, suggesting a potential downside of 5.81%. Given FinWise Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe FinWise Bancorp is more favorable than Atlanticus.
FinWise Bancorp has a net margin of 12.72% compared to Atlanticus' net margin of 8.51%. Atlanticus' return on equity of 24.20% beat FinWise Bancorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, Atlanticus had 4 more articles in the media than FinWise Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Atlanticus and 0 mentions for FinWise Bancorp. Atlanticus' average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat FinWise Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Atlanticus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Atlanticus has higher revenue and earnings than FinWise Bancorp. Atlanticus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FinWise Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
35.4% of FinWise Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.1% of Atlanticus shares are held by institutional investors. 21.3% of FinWise Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 50.4% of Atlanticus shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
FinWise Bancorp has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlanticus has a beta of 2, suggesting that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Atlanticus beats FinWise Bancorp 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 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
