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$29.65 +0.07 (+0.24%)
Closing price 10/13/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Amalgamated Financial
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hawthorn Bancshares
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Amalgamated Financial23.60% 15.21% 1.31%
Hawthorn Bancshares 18.88%13.63%1.12%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Amalgamated Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Hawthorn Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Amalgamated Financial$434.51M1.86$106.43M$3.348.03
Hawthorn Bancshares$109.67M1.87$18.26M$2.979.98

Summary

Amalgamated Financial beats Hawthorn Bancshares on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HWBK vs. The Competition

MetricHawthorn BancsharesBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$204.28M$878.62M$12.42B$10.30B
Dividend Yield2.70%3.21%5.63%4.82%
P/E Ratio9.9816.7129.9527.10
Price / Sales1.872.0530.10133.24
Price / Cash9.9922.1419.3430.18
Price / Book1.391.102.276.69
Net Income$18.26M$54.76M$1.02B$276.55M
7 Day Performance-0.10%-1.80%-0.85%-0.40%
1 Month Performance-7.80%-3.33%-1.30%6.53%
1 Year Performance26.71%8.45%534.72%41.04%

Hawthorn Bancshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HWBK
Hawthorn Bancshares
1.9004 of 5 stars
$29.65
+0.2%
N/A+22.4%$204.28M$109.67M9.98310
AMAL
Amalgamated Financial
3.6969 of 5 stars
$27.49
+1.5%
$33.00
+20.0%
-18.5%$815.35M$434.51M8.23380
AMTB
Amerant Bancorp
N/A$18.99
+2.1%
$24.00
+26.4%
-8.2%$792.61M$330.31M-33.31680
HBT
HBT Financial
4.339 of 5 stars
$24.97
+0.0%
$28.80
+15.3%
+7.8%$786.13M$287.27M10.32730Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
NBN
Northeast Bancorp
3.9648 of 5 stars
$97.17
+2.7%
$115.00
+18.3%
+15.7%$776.73M$351M9.64180
MCB
Metropolitan Bank
3.4195 of 5 stars
$76.79
+3.1%
$82.67
+7.7%
+35.2%$776.29M$492.21M12.45240
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
1.5494 of 5 stars
$40.69
+0.7%
N/AN/A$776.22M$335.67M10.10700
QD
Qudian
2.338 of 5 stars
$4.66
+4.7%
N/A+106.6%$750.67M$186.37M10.84940
DEFT
DeFi Technologies
2.9866 of 5 stars
$2.20
flat
$6.25
+184.1%
N/A$748.34M$40.30M24.4420Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
NBBK
NB Bancorp
3.7828 of 5 stars
$18.00
+1.8%
$20.00
+11.1%
-4.9%$704.52M$187.46M13.53342
MCBS
MetroCity Bankshares
4.0772 of 5 stars
$27.06
-1.7%
$34.00
+25.6%
-12.7%$703.05M$235.98M10.57220Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:HWBK) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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