Bridgewater Bancshares (BWB) Competitors

Bridgewater Bancshares (NASDAQ:BWB) and RBB Bancorp (NASDAQ:RBB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation and community ranking.

Which has more volatility and risk, BWB or RBB?

Bridgewater Bancshares has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RBB Bancorp has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BWB or RBB more profitable?

RBB Bancorp has a net margin of 14.50% compared to Bridgewater Bancshares' net margin of 13.54%. Bridgewater Bancshares' return on equity of 9.14% beat RBB Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bridgewater Bancshares	13.54%	9.14%	0.72%
RBB Bancorp	14.50%	5.94%	0.77%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BWB or RBB?

RBB Bancorp received 27 more outperform votes than Bridgewater Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.68% of users gave Bridgewater Bancshares an outperform vote while only 56.27% of users gave RBB Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bridgewater Bancshares	Outperform Votes 139 57.68%	Underperform Votes 102 42.32%
RBB Bancorp	Outperform Votes 166 56.27%	Underperform Votes 129 43.73%

Do analysts prefer BWB or RBB?

Bridgewater Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.88%. RBB Bancorp has a consensus price target of $20.88, indicating a potential downside of 5.54%. Given Bridgewater Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bridgewater Bancshares is more favorable than RBB Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bridgewater Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
RBB Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media refer more to BWB or RBB?

In the previous week, Bridgewater Bancshares had 4 more articles in the media than RBB Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Bridgewater Bancshares and 2 mentions for RBB Bancorp. Bridgewater Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat RBB Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Bridgewater Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bridgewater Bancshares	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
RBB Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings & valuation, BWB or RBB?

RBB Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bridgewater Bancshares. RBB 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bridgewater Bancshares	$228.85M	1.71	$39.96M	$1.05	13.62
RBB Bancorp	$119.06M	3.31	$42.47M	$1.85	11.95

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BWB or RBB?

65.8% of Bridgewater Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.1% of RBB Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.2% of Bridgewater Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of RBB Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Bridgewater Bancshares beats RBB Bancorp on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.