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Finward Bancorp (FNWD) Competitors

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$27.70 +0.64 (+2.37%)
Closing price 07/25/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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FNWD vs. BSVN, ACNB, FBIZ, HKD, BWB, COFS, FFWM, RRBI, CARE, and MSBI

Should you be buying Finward Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Finward Bancorp include Bank7 (BSVN), ACNB (ACNB), First Business Financial Services (FBIZ), AMTD Digital (HKD), Bridgewater Bancshares (BWB), ChoiceOne Financial Services (COFS), First Foundation (FFWM), Red River Bancshares (RRBI), Carter Bankshares (CARE), and Midland States Bancorp (MSBI). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Finward Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

Finward Bancorp (NASDAQ:FNWD) and Bank7 (NASDAQ:BSVN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

In the previous week, Bank7 had 10 more articles in the media than Finward Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Bank7 and 3 mentions for Finward Bancorp. Bank7's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Finward Bancorp's score of 0.62 indicating that Bank7 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Finward Bancorp
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Bank7
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

26.6% of Finward Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.5% of Bank7 shares are held by institutional investors. 13.1% of Finward Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.8% of Bank7 shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Finward Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Bank7 pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Finward Bancorp pays out 62.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank7 pays out 20.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Bank7 has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Bank7 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Bank7 has higher revenue and earnings than Finward Bancorp. Bank7 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Finward Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Finward Bancorp$61.38M1.95$12.13M$0.7735.97
Bank7$142.79M3.11$45.70M$4.6410.12

Finward Bancorp has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank7 has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Finward Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $32.50, suggesting a potential upside of 17.33%. Bank7 has a consensus target price of $53.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.93%. Given Finward Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Finward Bancorp is more favorable than Bank7.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Finward Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Bank7
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Bank7 has a net margin of 31.99% compared to Finward Bancorp's net margin of 3.28%. Bank7's return on equity of 20.81% beat Finward Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Finward Bancorp3.28% 2.16% 0.16%
Bank7 31.99%20.81%2.53%

Summary

Bank7 beats Finward Bancorp on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FNWD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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FNWD vs. The Competition

MetricFinward BancorpFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$117.05M$7.95B$12.28B$9.50B
Dividend Yield1.71%4.72%5.55%4.01%
P/E Ratio35.9718.8119.0320.06
Price / Sales1.955.2226.0989.33
Price / Cash6.0121.4421.6358.56
Price / Book0.792.792.205.87
Net Income$12.13M$311.63M$997.25M$258.55M
7 Day Performance4.02%0.33%0.60%3.73%
1 Month Performance1.76%17.86%3.44%11.75%
1 Year Performance-4.45%27.09%536.57%18.02%

Finward Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FNWD
Finward Bancorp
1.8937 of 5 stars
$27.70
+2.4%
$32.50
+17.3%
-2.9%$117.05M$61.38M35.97280High Trading Volume
BSVN
Bank7
3.6791 of 5 stars
$48.53
+0.5%
$53.50
+10.2%
+16.5%$460.50M$142.79M10.50120News Coverage
ACNB
ACNB
3.7513 of 5 stars
$44.01
+1.5%
$48.40
+10.0%
+10.1%$457.50M$116.36M15.06400News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
FBIZ
First Business Financial Services
4.7877 of 5 stars
$54.32
+0.9%
$57.25
+5.4%
+11.7%$451.94M$262.38M9.88340Trending News
Earnings Report
HKD
AMTD Digital
0.3536 of 5 stars
$1.82
flat
N/A-44.4%$448.34M$20.44M0.0050News Coverage
BWB
Bridgewater Bancshares
4.7465 of 5 stars
$16.22
+0.6%
$18.50
+14.1%
+11.3%$444.94M$253.27M14.74250News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
COFS
ChoiceOne Financial Services
3.1558 of 5 stars
$29.51
+0.5%
$37.00
+25.4%
+18.7%$442.06M$139.10M23.99380News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
FFWM
First Foundation
3.3296 of 5 stars
$5.35
+1.0%
$6.67
+24.7%
-29.7%$440.35M$69.21M-3.99710News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
RRBI
Red River Bancshares
3.602 of 5 stars
$63.50
+0.1%
$62.00
-2.4%
+10.1%$432.05M$157.67M11.96340News Coverage
Dividend Increase
Gap Down
CARE
Carter Bankshares
3.4791 of 5 stars
$18.19
+0.5%
$21.50
+18.2%
+7.9%$421.51M$243.10M15.17730News Coverage
Earnings Report
MSBI
Midland States Bancorp
4.0259 of 5 stars
$18.86
+1.7%
$20.67
+9.6%
-30.9%$406.31M$356.34M-18.70970News Coverage
Earnings Report

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This page (NASDAQ:FNWD) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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