SWK (SWKH) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer SWKH or EQBK?

SWK presently has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.62%. Equity Bancshares has a consensus price target of $46.60, suggesting a potential upside of 7.55%. Given SWK's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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

Is SWKH or EQBK more profitable?

SWK has a net margin of 39.60% 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	39.60%	8.58%	7.54%
Equity Bancshares	18.66%	14.64%	1.31%

Which has better valuation and 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	$44.99M	4.14	$13.49M	$1.48	10.25
Equity Bancshares	$225.03M	3.37	$62.62M	$3.93	11.03

Which has more risk and volatility, SWKH or EQBK?

SWK has a beta of 0.17, meaning that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity Bancshares has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and 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 insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Equity Bancshares shares are held by 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.

Does the media prefer SWKH or EQBK?

In the previous week, Equity Bancshares had 11 more articles in the media than SWK. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Equity Bancshares and 0 mentions for SWK. Equity Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat SWK's score of 0.00 indicating that Equity Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
SWK	Neutral
Equity Bancshares	Neutral

Summary

Equity Bancshares beats SWK on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.