MYFW vs. ISTR, PEBK, CWBC, OPBK, CALB, PWOD, FINW, MBCN, FRAF, and FCCO
Should you be buying First Western Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Western Financial include Investar (ISTR), Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (PEBK), Community West Bancshares (CWBC), OP Bancorp (OPBK), California BanCorp (CALB), Penns Woods Bancorp (PWOD), FinWise Bancorp (FINW), Middlefield Banc (MBCN), Franklin Financial Services (FRAF), and First Community (FCCO). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Investar (NASDAQ:ISTR) and First Western Financial (NASDAQ:MYFW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Investar has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Western Financial. Investar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Western Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Investar had 2 more articles in the media than First Western Financial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Investar and 6 mentions for First Western Financial. Investar's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat First Western Financial's score of -0.18 indicating that First Western Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Investar has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Western Financial has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Investar received 149 more outperform votes than First Western Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.11% of users gave Investar an outperform vote while only 48.87% of users gave First Western Financial an outperform vote.
Investar currently has a consensus price target of $16.08, suggesting a potential downside of 1.03%. First Western Financial has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.28%. Given Investar's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Western Financial is more favorable than Investar.
50.2% of Investar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.3% of First Western Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Investar shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of First Western Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Investar has a net margin of 12.02% compared to Investar's net margin of 4.28%. First Western Financial's return on equity of 8.25% beat Investar's return on equity.
Summary
Investar beats First Western Financial on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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