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$28.90 -0.23 (-0.79%)
Closing price 07/11/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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HWBK vs. AMTB, MCB, BFST, NBN, MCBS, NBBK, EQBK, XYF, VEL, and IBCP

Should you be buying Hawthorn Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hawthorn Bancshares include Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), Metropolitan Bank (MCB), Business First Bancshares (BFST), Northeast Bancorp (NBN), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), NB Bancorp (NBBK), Equity Bancshares (EQBK), X Financial (XYF), Velocity Financial (VEL), and Independent Bank (IBCP). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Hawthorn Bancshares vs. Its Competitors

Amerant Bancorp (NASDAQ:AMTB) and Hawthorn Bancshares (NASDAQ:HWBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

42.1% of Amerant Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of Hawthorn Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Amerant Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.7% of Hawthorn Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Hawthorn Bancshares has a net margin of 17.52% compared to Amerant Bancorp's net margin of -8.38%. Hawthorn Bancshares' return on equity of 13.06% beat Amerant Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Amerant Bancorp-8.38% 6.36% 0.51%
Hawthorn Bancshares 17.52%13.06%1.04%

Amerant Bancorp has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hawthorn Bancshares has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Hawthorn Bancshares had 3 more articles in the media than Amerant Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Hawthorn Bancshares and 0 mentions for Amerant Bancorp. Amerant Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Hawthorn Bancshares' score of 0.52 indicating that Amerant Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Amerant Bancorp Very Positive
Hawthorn Bancshares Positive

Amerant Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Hawthorn Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Amerant Bancorp pays out -60.0% 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. Hawthorn Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Amerant Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $24.60, indicating a potential upside of 24.84%. Given Amerant Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Amerant Bancorp is more favorable than Hawthorn Bancshares.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Amerant Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Hawthorn Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Hawthorn Bancshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Amerant Bancorp. Amerant Bancorp 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
Amerant Bancorp$317.91M2.59-$15.75M-$0.60-32.84
Hawthorn Bancshares$109.67M1.83$18.26M$2.7510.51

Summary

Hawthorn Bancshares beats Amerant Bancorp on 10 of the 19 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$201.91M$876.24M$12.05B$9.10B
Dividend Yield2.75%3.12%5.53%4.00%
P/E Ratio10.5119.3219.2020.27
Price / Sales1.832.2125.3998.72
Price / Cash9.8349.2721.6458.16
Price / Book1.351.122.285.49
Net Income$18.26M$54.19M$992.82M$250.45M
7 Day Performance-4.19%-1.11%-0.20%4.78%
1 Month Performance1.94%5.33%2.78%7.67%
1 Year Performance40.63%20.72%536.06%16.43%

Hawthorn Bancshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HWBK
Hawthorn Bancshares
1.4433 of 5 stars
$28.90
-0.8%
N/A+42.4%$201.91M$109.67M10.51310News Coverage
AMTB
Amerant Bancorp
2.9719 of 5 stars
$18.16
+0.4%
$24.60
+35.5%
-18.7%$759.62M$317.91M-31.86680Positive News
MCB
Metropolitan Bank
2.4133 of 5 stars
$70.25
+0.2%
$77.00
+9.6%
+53.8%$747.70M$492.21M11.89240News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
BFST
Business First Bancshares
3.8562 of 5 stars
$24.65
-0.1%
$31.00
+25.8%
+12.4%$732.58M$458.96M10.14750Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NBN
Northeast Bancorp
3.1695 of 5 stars
$88.99
+0.8%
$97.50
+9.6%
+50.7%$724.62M$263.77M9.90180News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
MCBS
MetroCity Bankshares
3.257 of 5 stars
$28.58
+0.6%
$34.00
+19.0%
+4.3%$721.40M$235.98M11.12220News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
NBBK
NB Bancorp
2.6701 of 5 stars
$17.86
+0.4%
$22.00
+23.2%
+18.8%$721.34M$304.05M15.14342News Coverage
Positive News
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
4.1188 of 5 stars
$40.80
-1.1%
$46.60
+14.2%
+16.7%$714.61M$225.03M10.25700News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
XYF
X Financial
2.625 of 5 stars
$17.38
+5.0%
N/A+333.7%$691.46M$804.43M3.62420
VEL
Velocity Financial
2.0723 of 5 stars
$18.52
-1.5%
$21.33
+15.2%
-3.6%$686.41M$135.80M9.55220High Trading Volume
IBCP
Independent Bank
3.5189 of 5 stars
$32.41
-0.6%
$36.67
+13.1%
+20.7%$675.92M$323.14M10.32920Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:HWBK) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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