HWBK vs. AMAL, AMTB, HBT, NBN, MCB, EQBK, QD, DEFT, NBBK, and MCBS
Should you be buying Hawthorn Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hawthorn Bancshares include Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), HBT Financial (HBT), Northeast Bancorp (NBN), Metropolitan Bank (MCB), Equity Bancshares (EQBK), Qudian (QD), DeFi Technologies (DEFT), NB Bancorp (NBBK), and MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Hawthorn Bancshares vs. Its Competitors
Amalgamated Financial (NASDAQ:AMAL) and Hawthorn Bancshares (NASDAQ:HWBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Amalgamated Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Hawthorn Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Amalgamated Financial and 3 mentions for Hawthorn Bancshares. Hawthorn Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Amalgamated Financial's score of 0.62 indicating that Hawthorn Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Amalgamated Financial has a net margin of 23.60% compared to Hawthorn Bancshares' net margin of 18.88%. Amalgamated Financial's return on equity of 15.21% beat Hawthorn Bancshares' return on equity.
Amalgamated Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Hawthorn Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Amalgamated Financial pays out 16.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hawthorn Bancshares pays out 26.9% 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. Amalgamated Financial has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Hawthorn Bancshares has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Hawthorn Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Amalgamated Financial presently has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.04%. Given Amalgamated Financial's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Amalgamated Financial is more favorable than Hawthorn Bancshares.
75.9% of Amalgamated Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of Hawthorn Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Amalgamated Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.7% of Hawthorn Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Amalgamated Financial has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hawthorn Bancshares has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Amalgamated Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Hawthorn Bancshares. Amalgamated Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hawthorn Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Amalgamated Financial beats Hawthorn Bancshares on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HWBK) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
