SWK (SWKH) Competitors $13.28 -0.81 (-5.75%) Closing price 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$13.27 -0.01 (-0.07%) As of 05:16 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock SWKH vs. AMTB, ESQ, MCBS, BFST, MCB, EQBK, XYF, IBCP, VEL, and SMBCShould you be buying SWK stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SWK include Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), Esquire Financial (ESQ), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), Business First Bancshares (BFST), Metropolitan Bank (MCB), Equity Bancshares (EQBK), X Financial (XYF), Independent Bank (IBCP), Velocity Financial (VEL), and Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry. SWK vs. Amerant Bancorp Esquire Financial MetroCity Bankshares Business First Bancshares Metropolitan Bank Equity Bancshares X Financial Independent Bank Velocity Financial Southern Missouri Bancorp SWK (NASDAQ:SWKH) and Amerant Bancorp (NASDAQ:AMTB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation. Do analysts recommend SWKH or AMTB? Amerant Bancorp has a consensus target price of $24.60, suggesting a potential upside of 45.39%. Given Amerant Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Amerant Bancorp is more favorable than SWK.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score SWK 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Amerant Bancorp 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.40 Does the media prefer SWKH or AMTB? In the previous week, Amerant Bancorp had 8 more articles in the media than SWK. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Amerant Bancorp and 2 mentions for SWK. SWK's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Amerant Bancorp's score of 0.13 indicating that SWK is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment SWK Neutral Amerant Bancorp Neutral Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SWKH or AMTB? SWK has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Amerant Bancorp. Amerant Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SWK, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioSWK$44.99M3.62$15.89M$1.1811.25Amerant Bancorp$317.91M2.23-$15.75M-$0.60-28.20 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SWKH or AMTB? Amerant Bancorp received 55 more outperform votes than SWK when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.00% of users gave SWK an outperform vote while only 47.76% of users gave Amerant Bancorp an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformSWKOutperform Votes950.00% Underperform Votes950.00% Amerant BancorpOutperform Votes6447.76% Underperform Votes7052.24% Which has more volatility and risk, SWKH or AMTB? SWK has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amerant Bancorp has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is SWKH or AMTB more profitable? SWK has a net margin of 26.51% compared to Amerant Bancorp's net margin of -8.38%. Amerant Bancorp's return on equity of 6.36% beat SWK's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets SWK26.51% 5.07% 4.40% Amerant Bancorp -8.38%6.36%0.51% Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SWKH or AMTB? 99.3% of SWK shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.1% of Amerant Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of SWK shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Amerant Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. SummarySWK and Amerant Bancorp tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get SWK News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SWKH and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart SWKH vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricSWKbusiness credit IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$162.72M$7.71B$11.11B$7.93BDividend YieldN/A3.24%5.77%4.23%P/E Ratio14.285.3422.1018.54Price / Sales3.625.1926.31103.30Price / Cash9.2435.6217.6034.62Price / Book0.590.382.674.25Net Income$15.89M$800.83M$1.03B$248.18M7 Day Performance-10.09%-5.76%0.77%1.25%1 Month Performance-23.33%-21.31%-0.17%3.76%1 Year Performance-23.85%-28.20%538.56%5.28% SWK Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SWKHSWK1.5114 of 5 stars$13.28-5.7%N/A-18.7%$162.72M$44.99M14.2840Dividend AnnouncementShort Interest ↑High Trading VolumeAMTBAmerant Bancorp3.0739 of 5 stars$16.96+0.9%$25.60+50.9%-22.0%$710.96M$317.91M-29.75680Analyst ForecastNews CoverageESQEsquire Financial2.4936 of 5 stars$84.15-1.3%$88.00+4.6%+76.2%$709.55M$124.82M16.31110Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastInsider TradeNews CoverageMCBSMetroCity Bankshares3.3085 of 5 stars$27.82+0.8%$34.00+22.2%+20.0%$706.71M$143.02M11.08220BFSTBusiness First Bancshares4.0768 of 5 stars$23.08+1.5%$31.00+34.3%+14.2%$682.52M$270.37M10.21750Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst RevisionMCBMetropolitan Bank3.3959 of 5 stars$61.17+0.5%$78.13+27.7%+56.3%$676.91M$280.79M10.33240Insider TradeEQBKEquity Bancshares3.2967 of 5 stars$38.45+0.8%$46.60+21.2%+15.6%$673.26M$225.03M9.66700Positive NewsXYFX Financial2.0755 of 5 stars$13.55-1.5%N/A+265.0%$662.95M$2.56B3.58420IBCPIndependent Bank3.1692 of 5 stars$30.81-0.7%$36.67+19.0%+22.8%$646.18M$215.80M9.75920Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastInsider TradeAnalyst RevisionGap UpVELVelocity Financial1.7961 of 5 stars$17.69-0.5%$21.50+21.5%+4.1%$645.35M$211.74M9.56220Earnings ReportNews CoverageSMBCSouthern Missouri Bancorp4.3397 of 5 stars$52.63-0.2%$66.33+26.0%+31.3%$629.40M$171.80M11.49540Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↑ Related Companies and Tools Related Companies AMTB Competitors ESQ Competitors MCBS Competitors BFST Competitors MCB Competitors EQBK Competitors XYF Competitors IBCP Competitors VEL Competitors SMBC Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:SWKH) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHow to invest in Elon Musk’s Optimus before its launchElon Musk is set to completely take over the AI industry with Optimus… A breakthrough AI-powered robot that El...InvestorPlace | SponsoredTrump announcement boosts “next Bitcoin”President Trump just made his first big crypto move ... 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