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Finward Bancorp (FNWD) Competitors

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$30.00 -0.34 (-1.12%)
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FNWD vs. HONE, QD, SHBI, BCAL, PFIS, BHB, GNTY, ACNB, UNTY, and TCBX

Should you be buying Finward Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Finward Bancorp include HarborOne Bancorp (HONE), Qudian (QD), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), Southern California Bancorp (BCAL), Peoples Financial Services (PFIS), Bar Harbor Bankshares (BHB), Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY), ACNB (ACNB), Unity Bancorp (UNTY), and Third Coast Bancshares (TCBX). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Finward Bancorp vs.

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

Finward Bancorp has a net margin of 10.85% compared to HarborOne Bancorp's net margin of 8.61%. Finward Bancorp's return on equity of 7.91% beat HarborOne Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
HarborOne Bancorp8.61% 4.63% 0.46%
Finward Bancorp 10.85%7.91%0.58%

HarborOne Bancorp has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Finward Bancorp has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

HarborOne Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Finward Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. HarborOne Bancorp pays out 57.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Finward Bancorp pays out 62.3% 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. HarborOne Bancorp has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. HarborOne Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

65.0% of HarborOne Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.6% of Finward Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of HarborOne Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of Finward Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, HarborOne Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Finward Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for HarborOne Bancorp and 0 mentions for Finward Bancorp. Finward Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat HarborOne Bancorp's score of 1.06 indicating that Finward Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
HarborOne Bancorp Positive
Finward Bancorp Positive

HarborOne Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Finward Bancorp. HarborOne Bancorp 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
HarborOne Bancorp$167.77M2.90$27.41M$0.6317.94
Finward Bancorp$61.38M2.11$12.13M$0.7738.96

HarborOne Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.04%. Finward Bancorp has a consensus price target of $32.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.33%. Given HarborOne Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe HarborOne Bancorp is more favorable than Finward Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
HarborOne Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Finward Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

HarborOne Bancorp received 265 more outperform votes than Finward Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Finward Bancorp an outperform vote while only 61.24% of users gave HarborOne Bancorp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HarborOne BancorpOutperform Votes
267
61.24%
Underperform Votes
169
38.76%
Finward BancorpOutperform Votes
2
66.67%
Underperform Votes
1
33.33%

Summary

HarborOne Bancorp beats Finward Bancorp on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FNWD vs. The Competition

MetricFinward BancorpFederal savings institutions IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$129.75M$3.17B$11.47B$8.39B
Dividend Yield1.59%3.32%5.45%4.11%
P/E Ratio10.6016.0022.4219.71
Price / Sales2.113.6227.62120.55
Price / Cash7.3319.1117.6234.62
Price / Book0.880.932.774.50
Net Income$12.13M$352.78M$1.03B$248.22M
7 Day Performance-0.66%0.13%-0.23%0.56%
1 Month Performance-1.19%3.66%6.11%13.17%
1 Year Performance21.41%14.36%536.61%7.30%

Finward Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FNWD
Finward Bancorp
1.9923 of 5 stars
$30.00
-1.1%
$32.50
+8.3%
+22.8%$129.75M$61.38M10.60280Positive News
HONE
HarborOne Bancorp
4.2662 of 5 stars
$11.74
+2.1%
$13.00
+10.7%
+4.8%$505.89M$167.77M17.79640Positive News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
QD
Qudian
0.9166 of 5 stars
$2.99
+1.9%
N/A+52.5%$503.54M$216.43M74.63940Gap Up
SHBI
Shore Bancshares
4.5615 of 5 stars
$14.96
+2.8%
$20.00
+33.7%
+25.5%$499.28M$207.03M11.25450Positive News
BCAL
Southern California Bancorp
2.3019 of 5 stars
$15.34
+5.3%
$19.50
+27.1%
+3.7%$497.05M$150.68M80.74204
PFIS
Peoples Financial Services
0.5585 of 5 stars
$49.61
+4.0%
$50.00
+0.8%
+20.9%$495.85M$156.73M43.90400
BHB
Bar Harbor Bankshares
N/A$30.87
+3.5%
N/AN/A$472.84M$150.20M10.83490Gap Up
GNTY
Guaranty Bancshares
1.9929 of 5 stars
$41.09
+1.1%
$41.50
+1.0%
+40.3%$460.78M$118.37M14.94470News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
ACNB
ACNB
3.8277 of 5 stars
$43.43
+1.4%
$48.40
+11.4%
+34.4%$451.66M$116.36M11.64400Positive News
UNTY
Unity Bancorp
4.2278 of 5 stars
$45.00
+3.6%
$52.50
+16.7%
+58.8%$451.40M$110.12M11.08230News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
TCBX
Third Coast Bancshares
2.7015 of 5 stars
$32.06
+3.5%
$35.00
+9.2%
+42.1%$443.49M$175.91M11.57330Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:FNWD) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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