SWK (SWKH) Competitors

SWK (NASDAQ:SWKH) and Equity Bancshares (NASDAQ:EQBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Is SWKH or EQBK more profitable?

SWK has a net margin of 26.51% compared to Equity Bancshares' net margin of 18.66%. Equity Bancshares' return on equity of 14.64% beat SWK's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SWK	26.51%	5.07%	4.40%
Equity Bancshares	18.66%	14.64%	1.31%

Which has more volatility and risk, SWKH or EQBK?

SWK has a beta of 0.15, suggesting that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity Bancshares has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SWKH or EQBK?

Equity Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than SWK. SWK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SWK	$45.46M	3.96	$15.89M	$1.48	9.91
Equity Bancshares	$225.03M	3.12	$62.62M	$3.93	10.19

Do analysts recommend SWKH or EQBK?

SWK presently has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.70%. Equity Bancshares has a consensus price target of $46.60, indicating a potential upside of 16.34%. Given SWK's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe SWK is more favorable than Equity Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SWK	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Equity Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SWKH or EQBK?

99.3% of SWK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of Equity Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of SWK shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Equity Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SWKH or EQBK?

Equity Bancshares received 132 more outperform votes than SWK when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.00% of users gave SWK an outperform vote while only 48.14% of users gave Equity Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SWK	Outperform Votes 10 50.00%	Underperform Votes 10 50.00%
Equity Bancshares	Outperform Votes 142 48.14%	Underperform Votes 153 51.86%

Does the media favor SWKH or EQBK?

In the previous week, SWK had 1 more articles in the media than Equity Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for SWK and 0 mentions for Equity Bancshares. SWK's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Equity Bancshares' score of 1.00 indicating that SWK is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
SWK	Very Positive
Equity Bancshares	Positive

Summary

SWK beats Equity Bancshares on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.