SWK (SWKH) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, IBCP or SWKH?

Independent Bank has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SWK has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate IBCP or SWKH?

Independent Bank currently has a consensus price target of $36.67, indicating a potential upside of 16.03%. SWK has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.30%. Given SWK's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SWK is more favorable than Independent Bank.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Independent Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
SWK	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is IBCP or SWKH more profitable?

SWK has a net margin of 26.51% compared to Independent Bank's net margin of 20.67%. Independent Bank's return on equity of 15.43% beat SWK's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Independent Bank	20.67%	15.43%	1.27%
SWK	26.51%	5.07%	4.40%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in IBCP or SWKH?

79.4% of Independent Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of SWK shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Independent Bank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of SWK shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IBCP or SWKH?

Independent Bank received 215 more outperform votes than SWK when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.09% of users gave Independent Bank an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave SWK an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Independent Bank	Outperform Votes 225 54.09%	Underperform Votes 191 45.91%
SWK	Outperform Votes 10 50.00%	Underperform Votes 10 50.00%

Does the media prefer IBCP or SWKH?

In the previous week, SWK had 5 more articles in the media than Independent Bank. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for SWK and 2 mentions for Independent Bank. Independent Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat SWK's score of 0.66 indicating that Independent Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Independent Bank	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SWK	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, IBCP or SWKH?

Independent Bank has higher revenue and earnings than SWK. SWK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Independent Bank, 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
Independent Bank	$216.85M	3.02	$66.79M	$3.14	10.06
SWK	$44.99M	3.86	$15.89M	$1.48	9.55

Summary

Independent Bank and SWK tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.