EBTC vs. BWB, WTBA, RBB, CZNC, CSTR, PFBC, PEBO, SASR, GABC, and LBAI
Should you be buying Enterprise Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enterprise Bancorp include Bridgewater Bancshares (BWB), West Bancorporation (WTBA), RBB Bancorp (RBB), Citizens & Northern (CZNC), CapStar Financial (CSTR), Preferred Bank (PFBC), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), German American Bancorp (GABC), and Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI).
Enterprise Bancorp (NASDAQ:EBTC) and Bridgewater Bancshares (NASDAQ:BWB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Bridgewater Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Enterprise Bancorp. Enterprise Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bridgewater Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bridgewater Bancshares has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.49%. Given Bridgewater Bancshares' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bridgewater Bancshares is more favorable than Enterprise Bancorp.
Enterprise Bancorp has a net margin of 15.80% compared to Bridgewater Bancshares' net margin of 15.37%. Enterprise Bancorp's return on equity of 11.28% beat Bridgewater Bancshares' return on equity.
38.9% of Enterprise Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.8% of Bridgewater Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 21.7% of Enterprise Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.2% of Bridgewater Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Enterprise Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Bridgewater Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Enterprise Bancorp and 0 mentions for Bridgewater Bancshares. Enterprise Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Bridgewater Bancshares' score of 0.00 indicating that Enterprise Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Enterprise Bancorp received 104 more outperform votes than Bridgewater Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.89% of users gave Enterprise Bancorp an outperform vote while only 57.32% of users gave Bridgewater Bancshares an outperform vote.
Enterprise Bancorp has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgewater Bancshares has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Enterprise Bancorp beats Bridgewater Bancshares on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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