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Western New England Bancorp (WNEB) Competitors

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$11.18 +0.32 (+2.95%)
Closing price 10/20/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$11.18 0.00 (-0.04%)
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WNEB vs. OBK, OSBC, BETR, BHRB, ESQ, FMBH, LX, OPFI, ATLC, and SBSI

Should you be buying Western New England Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western New England Bancorp include Origin Bancorp (OBK), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), Better Home & Finance (BETR), Burke & Herbert Financial Services (BHRB), Esquire Financial (ESQ), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), LexinFintech (LX), OppFi (OPFI), Atlanticus (ATLC), and Southside Bancshares (SBSI). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Western New England Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

Western New England Bancorp (NASDAQ:WNEB) and Origin Bancorp (NYSE:OBK) are both small-cap banking companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Western New England Bancorp has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Origin Bancorp has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Origin Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Western New England Bancorp. Origin Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Western New England Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Western New England Bancorp$122.74M1.87$11.67M$0.5918.95
Origin Bancorp$619.96M1.71$76.49M$2.2415.14

68.0% of Western New England Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.7% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Western New England Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Origin Bancorp has a net margin of 11.98% compared to Western New England Bancorp's net margin of 9.51%. Origin Bancorp's return on equity of 5.98% beat Western New England Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Western New England Bancorp9.51% 5.07% 0.45%
Origin Bancorp 11.98%5.98%0.72%

Western New England Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.61%. Origin Bancorp has a consensus target price of $43.20, indicating a potential upside of 27.41%. Given Origin Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Origin Bancorp is more favorable than Western New England Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Western New England Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Origin Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

In the previous week, Western New England Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Origin Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Western New England Bancorp and 0 mentions for Origin Bancorp. Western New England Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Origin Bancorp's score of -0.11 indicating that Western New England Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Western New England Bancorp Neutral
Origin Bancorp Neutral

Western New England Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Origin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Western New England Bancorp pays out 47.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Origin Bancorp pays out 26.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

Origin Bancorp beats Western New England Bancorp on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WNEB vs. The Competition

MetricWestern New England BancorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$222.54M$68.61B$12.54B$10.56B
Dividend Yield2.58%3.54%5.61%4.84%
P/E Ratio18.959.0721.1727.34
Price / Sales1.874.2929.92242.12
Price / Cash13.789.6519.3430.35
Price / Book1.001.412.276.69
Net Income$11.67M$6.73B$1.02B$276.46M
7 Day Performance-2.87%1.03%-0.62%-0.08%
1 Month Performance-11.34%0.79%-1.34%3.93%
1 Year Performance29.25%36.97%572.44%33.89%

Western New England Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WNEB
Western New England Bancorp
3.0178 of 5 stars
$11.18
+2.9%
$11.00
-1.6%
+26.0%$222.54M$122.74M18.95360Upcoming Earnings
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.3991 of 5 stars
$33.39
+1.2%
$43.20
+29.4%
N/A$1.03B$619.96M14.911,031
OSBC
Old Second Bancorp
3.6959 of 5 stars
$17.24
+1.1%
$21.38
+24.0%
+3.6%$897.69M$341.72M9.42890News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
BETR
Better Home & Finance
0.9449 of 5 stars
$50.81
-10.7%
N/A+431.6%$873.30M$108.49M-3.851,250Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
BHRB
Burke & Herbert Financial Services
3.0867 of 5 stars
$59.30
+3.0%
$71.50
+20.6%
-5.6%$864.99M$402.33M8.61850News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
ESQ
Esquire Financial
1.7241 of 5 stars
$100.46
+0.6%
$100.50
+0.0%
+54.3%$852.83M$138.27M18.54110Upcoming Earnings
FMBH
First Mid Bancshares
3.1611 of 5 stars
$35.97
+1.5%
$43.33
+20.5%
-8.1%$850.47M$453.67M10.221,198
LX
LexinFintech
3.875 of 5 stars
$5.05
+0.8%
$13.60
+169.3%
+77.3%$843M$1.95B3.984,667
OPFI
OppFi
2.443 of 5 stars
$9.95
+3.4%
$13.63
+36.9%
+88.9%$840.76M$555.03M-7.60570
ATLC
Atlanticus
4.1797 of 5 stars
$56.27
+2.8%
$76.60
+36.1%
+47.0%$828.27M$1.31B9.89330
SBSI
Southside Bancshares
1.7528 of 5 stars
$27.48
+1.4%
N/AN/A$815.47M$456.07M9.74810

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This page (NASDAQ:WNEB) was last updated on 10/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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