FNWD vs. QD, BTBT, HONE, SHBI, BCAL, PFIS, GNTY, NPB, UNTY, and BHB
Should you be buying Finward Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Finward Bancorp include Qudian (QD), Bit Digital (BTBT), HarborOne Bancorp (HONE), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), Southern California Bancorp (BCAL), Peoples Financial Services (PFIS), Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY), Northpointe Bancshares (NPB), Unity Bancorp (UNTY), and Bar Harbor Bankshares (BHB). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Finward Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Finward Bancorp (NASDAQ:FNWD) and Qudian (NYSE:QD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Finward Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $32.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.34%. Given Finward Bancorp's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Finward Bancorp is more favorable than Qudian.
Qudian received 475 more outperform votes than Finward Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.76% of users gave Qudian an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Finward Bancorp an outperform vote.
Finward Bancorp has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Qudian has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Finward Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Qudian. Qudian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Finward Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
26.6% of Finward Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.1% of Qudian shares are held by institutional investors. 13.1% of Finward Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.7% of Qudian shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Finward Bancorp and Finward Bancorp both had 3 articles in the media. Finward Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Qudian's score of 0.01 indicating that Finward Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Qudian has a net margin of 18.32% compared to Finward Bancorp's net margin of 10.85%. Finward Bancorp's return on equity of 7.91% beat Qudian's return on equity.
Summary
Qudian beats Finward Bancorp on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:FNWD) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
