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$28.22 -0.30 (-1.05%)
Closing price 08/1/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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HWBK vs. JFIN, NBN, MCB, ATLC, BFST, NBBK, MCBS, CNCK, BITF, and ORRF

Should you be buying Hawthorn Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hawthorn Bancshares include Jiayin Group (JFIN), Northeast Bancorp (NBN), Metropolitan Bank (MCB), Atlanticus (ATLC), Business First Bancshares (BFST), NB Bancorp (NBBK), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), Coincheck Group (CNCK), Bitfarms (BITF), and Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Hawthorn Bancshares vs. Its Competitors

Jiayin Group (NASDAQ:JFIN) and Hawthorn Bancshares (NASDAQ:HWBK) are both small-cap banking companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.

Jiayin Group has a net margin of 21.66% compared to Hawthorn Bancshares' net margin of 18.88%. Jiayin Group's return on equity of 42.68% beat Hawthorn Bancshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Jiayin Group21.66% 42.68% 23.41%
Hawthorn Bancshares 18.88%13.79%1.12%

Jiayin Group has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hawthorn Bancshares has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Jiayin Group has higher revenue and earnings than Hawthorn Bancshares. Jiayin Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hawthorn Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Jiayin Group$794.74M0.88$144.74M$3.443.80
Hawthorn Bancshares$109.67M1.78$18.26M$2.7510.26

Jiayin Group pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Hawthorn Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Jiayin Group pays out 37.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hawthorn Bancshares pays out 29.1% 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. Hawthorn Bancshares has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Hawthorn Bancshares had 7 more articles in the media than Jiayin Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Hawthorn Bancshares and 1 mentions for Jiayin Group. Hawthorn Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Jiayin Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Hawthorn Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Jiayin Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Hawthorn Bancshares
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

44.1% of Jiayin Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of Hawthorn Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.2% of Jiayin Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.7% of Hawthorn Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Jiayin Group beats Hawthorn Bancshares on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HWBK vs. The Competition

MetricHawthorn BancsharesBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$197.68M$845.02M$12.08B$9.53B
Dividend Yield2.81%3.21%5.63%4.08%
P/E Ratio9.5015.7019.7423.80
Price / Sales1.781.9925.9288.12
Price / Cash9.6348.6321.3357.96
Price / Book1.321.052.095.55
Net Income$18.26M$54.19M$1.00B$259.03M
7 Day Performance-1.71%-3.17%-2.46%-4.56%
1 Month Performance-4.86%-3.26%-0.96%4.49%
1 Year Performance39.01%11.32%537.06%18.05%

Hawthorn Bancshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HWBK
Hawthorn Bancshares
2.4514 of 5 stars
$28.22
-1.1%
N/A+31.3%$197.68M$109.67M9.50310Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
JFIN
Jiayin Group
1.602 of 5 stars
$14.30
-3.8%
N/A+141.3%$793.08M$6.10B4.161,028
NBN
Northeast Bancorp
3.2705 of 5 stars
$97.66
+1.9%
$97.50
-0.2%
+35.7%$786.82M$183.68M10.86180News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
MCB
Metropolitan Bank
3.8051 of 5 stars
$72.94
0.0%
$82.67
+13.3%
+43.2%$777.87M$492.21M11.82240Positive News
ATLC
Atlanticus
3.8952 of 5 stars
$50.33
+0.2%
$62.60
+24.4%
+40.4%$759.93M$316.89M9.74330Upcoming Earnings
BFST
Business First Bancshares
4.4664 of 5 stars
$24.79
-2.4%
$30.50
+23.0%
-5.2%$754.25M$458.96M10.20750News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NBBK
NB Bancorp
3.1572 of 5 stars
$18.35
-0.6%
$20.00
+9.0%
-7.6%$748.93M$304.05M13.80342
MCBS
MetroCity Bankshares
3.7026 of 5 stars
$29.67
+1.1%
$34.00
+14.6%
-9.3%$745.28M$235.98M11.59220
CNCK
Coincheck Group
1.5674 of 5 stars
$5.48
+3.6%
$10.00
+82.5%
N/A$686.11M$2.56B0.00N/AUpcoming Earnings
Gap Down
BITF
Bitfarms
2.1787 of 5 stars
$1.28
+4.1%
$3.95
+208.6%
-52.8%$685.78M$192.88M-6.74110Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
ORRF
Orrstown Financial Services
4.7317 of 5 stars
$34.30
-0.7%
$39.25
+14.4%
-5.2%$674.02M$286.37M15.31430

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This page (NASDAQ:HWBK) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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