FNWD vs. FSFG, SFBC, CZWI, FCAP, RVSB, BVFL, PROV, HMNF, FGBI, and OFED
Should you be buying Finward Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Finward Bancorp include First Savings Financial Group (FSFG), Sound Financial Bancorp (SFBC), Citizens Community Bancorp (CZWI), First Capital (FCAP), Riverview Bancorp (RVSB), BV Financial (BVFL), Provident Financial (PROV), HMN Financial (HMNF), First Guaranty Bancshares (FGBI), and Oconee Federal Financial (OFED). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
Finward Bancorp (NASDAQ:FNWD) and First Savings Financial Group (NASDAQ:FSFG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.
Finward Bancorp has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Savings Financial Group has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Finward Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. First Savings Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Finward Bancorp pays out 13.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Savings Financial Group pays out 55.6% 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.
Finward Bancorp has a net margin of 14.11% compared to First Savings Financial Group's net margin of 5.59%. Finward Bancorp's return on equity of 11.47% beat First Savings Financial Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, First Savings Financial Group had 1 more articles in the media than Finward Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for First Savings Financial Group and 5 mentions for Finward Bancorp. First Savings Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Finward Bancorp's score of 0.35 indicating that First Savings Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Finward Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Savings Financial Group. Finward Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Savings Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Savings Financial Group received 224 more outperform votes than Finward Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users.
26.6% of Finward Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of First Savings Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Finward Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of First Savings Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
First Savings Financial Group has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.36%. Given First Savings Financial Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Savings Financial Group is more favorable than Finward Bancorp.
Summary
First Savings Financial Group beats Finward Bancorp on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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