FINW vs. MCB, BFST, NBN, MCBS, NBBK, EQBK, XYF, VEL, IBCP, and CNCK
Should you be buying FinWise Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FinWise Bancorp include Metropolitan Bank (MCB), Business First Bancshares (BFST), Northeast Bancorp (NBN), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), NB Bancorp (NBBK), Equity Bancshares (EQBK), X Financial (XYF), Velocity Financial (VEL), Independent Bank (IBCP), and Coincheck Group (CNCK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
FinWise Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
FinWise Bancorp (NASDAQ:FINW) and Metropolitan Bank (NYSE:MCB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Metropolitan Bank has higher revenue and earnings than FinWise Bancorp. Metropolitan Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FinWise Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Metropolitan Bank has a net margin of 13.49% compared to FinWise Bancorp's net margin of 12.67%. Metropolitan Bank's return on equity of 10.53% beat FinWise Bancorp's return on equity.
FinWise Bancorp has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metropolitan Bank has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
35.4% of FinWise Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.8% of Metropolitan Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.3% of FinWise Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Metropolitan Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, FinWise Bancorp and FinWise Bancorp both had 2 articles in the media. FinWise Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Metropolitan Bank's score of 0.65 indicating that FinWise Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FinWise Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $20.88, suggesting a potential upside of 33.21%. Metropolitan Bank has a consensus target price of $77.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.79%. Given FinWise Bancorp's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe FinWise Bancorp is more favorable than Metropolitan Bank.
Summary
Metropolitan Bank beats FinWise Bancorp on 7 of the 13 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 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
