Signature Bank (SBNY) Competitors

Signature Bank (NASDAQ:SBNY) and Finward Bancorp (NASDAQ:FNWD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.

Which has more risk & volatility, SBNY or FNWD?

Signature Bank has a beta of 11.34, indicating that its share price is 1,034% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Finward Bancorp has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SBNY or FNWD?

Finward Bancorp received 2 more outperform votes than Signature Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Finward Bancorp an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Signature Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Signature Bank	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 85 100.00%
Finward Bancorp	Outperform Votes 2 66.67%	Underperform Votes 1 33.33%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SBNY or FNWD?

11.1% of Signature Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.6% of Finward Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Signature Bank shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of Finward Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is SBNY or FNWD a better dividend stock?

Signature Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 120.7%. Finward Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Finward Bancorp pays out 62.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SBNY or FNWD?

Signature Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Finward Bancorp.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Signature Bank	$2.70B	0.01	$1.34B	N/A	N/A
Finward Bancorp	$61.38M	2.14	$12.13M	$0.77	39.42

Is SBNY or FNWD more profitable?

Finward Bancorp has a net margin of 10.85% compared to Signature Bank's net margin of 0.00%. Finward Bancorp's return on equity of 7.91% beat Signature Bank's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Signature Bank	N/A	N/A	N/A
Finward Bancorp	10.85%	7.91%	0.58%

Do analysts prefer SBNY or FNWD?

Finward Bancorp has a consensus price target of $32.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.08%. Given Finward Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Finward Bancorp is more favorable than Signature Bank.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Signature Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Finward Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media prefer SBNY or FNWD?

In the previous week, Signature Bank had 2 more articles in the media than Finward Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Signature Bank and 0 mentions for Finward Bancorp. Signature Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Finward Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Signature Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Signature Bank	Neutral
Finward Bancorp	Neutral

Summary

Finward Bancorp beats Signature Bank on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.