NWFL vs. DEFT, SUPV, AMAL, BTBT, SBSI, CNOB, BHRB, AMTB, ESQ, and NBN
Should you be buying Norwood Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Norwood Financial include DeFi Technologies (DEFT), Grupo Supervielle (SUPV), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), Bit Digital (BTBT), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Burke & Herbert Financial Services (BHRB), Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), Esquire Financial (ESQ), and Northeast Bancorp (NBN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Norwood Financial vs. Its Competitors
DeFi Technologies (NASDAQ:DEFT) and Norwood Financial (NASDAQ:NWFL) are both small-cap banking companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
DeFi Technologies has a net margin of 62.45% compared to Norwood Financial's net margin of 2.92%. DeFi Technologies' return on equity of 171.79% beat Norwood Financial's return on equity.
DeFi Technologies has a beta of 3.93, suggesting that its stock price is 293% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Norwood Financial has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, DeFi Technologies had 4 more articles in the media than Norwood Financial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for DeFi Technologies and 3 mentions for Norwood Financial. Norwood Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat DeFi Technologies' score of 0.01 indicating that Norwood Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
28.1% of Norwood Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 9.1% of Norwood Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Norwood Financial has higher revenue and earnings than DeFi Technologies. DeFi Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Norwood Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DeFi Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $6.25, indicating a potential upside of 139.46%. Norwood Financial has a consensus price target of $28.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.83%. Given DeFi Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe DeFi Technologies is more favorable than Norwood Financial.
Summary
DeFi Technologies beats Norwood Financial on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:NWFL) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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