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Bridgewater Bancshares (BWB) Competitors

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$14.84 +0.03 (+0.20%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

BWB vs. WTBA, RBB, EBTC, RBNC, EQBK, QCRH, BY, CMPO, BTDR, and SII

Should you be buying Bridgewater Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridgewater Bancshares include West Bancorporation (WTBA), RBB Bancorp (RBB), Enterprise Bancorp (EBTC), Reliant Bancorp (RBNC), Equity Bancshares (EQBK), QCR (QCRH), Byline Bancorp (BY), CompoSecure (CMPO), Bitdeer Technologies Group (BTDR), and Sprott (SII).

Bridgewater Bancshares vs.

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

Bridgewater Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than West Bancorporation. Bridgewater Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than West Bancorporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
West Bancorporation$170.37M2.34$24.14M$1.2818.53
Bridgewater Bancshares$228.85M1.78$39.96M$1.0514.13

44.3% of West Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.8% of Bridgewater Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of West Bancorporation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.2% of Bridgewater Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Bridgewater Bancshares received 31 more outperform votes than West Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.68% of users gave Bridgewater Bancshares an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave West Bancorporation an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
West BancorporationOutperform Votes
108
46.15%
Underperform Votes
126
53.85%
Bridgewater BancsharesOutperform Votes
139
57.68%
Underperform Votes
102
42.32%

Bridgewater Bancshares has a net margin of 13.54% compared to West Bancorporation's net margin of 11.17%. West Bancorporation's return on equity of 9.46% beat Bridgewater Bancshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
West Bancorporation11.17% 9.46% 0.55%
Bridgewater Bancshares 13.54%9.02%0.72%

In the previous week, Bridgewater Bancshares had 5 more articles in the media than West Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Bridgewater Bancshares and 0 mentions for West Bancorporation. West Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Bridgewater Bancshares' score of 1.06 indicating that West Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
West Bancorporation Very Positive
Bridgewater Bancshares Positive

West Bancorporation has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgewater Bancshares has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

West Bancorporation currently has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.04%. Bridgewater Bancshares has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.56%. Given Bridgewater Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bridgewater Bancshares is more favorable than West Bancorporation.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
West Bancorporation
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Bridgewater Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Bridgewater Bancshares beats West Bancorporation on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BWB vs. The Competition

MetricBridgewater BancsharesState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$406.17M$3.02B$10.49B$8.89B
Dividend YieldN/A3.51%10.14%4.07%
P/E Ratio14.1317.1645.5512.93
Price / Sales1.782.473,512.7188.33
Price / Cash9.4511.0830.6436.25
Price / Book1.061.254.066.25
Net Income$39.96M$405.80M$1.02B$225.93M
7 Day Performance-0.87%-0.79%-0.05%-1.32%
1 Month Performance0.68%8.53%7.13%0.60%
1 Year Performance42.28%35.96%24.11%26.23%

Bridgewater Bancshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BWB
Bridgewater Bancshares
4.7625 of 5 stars
$14.84
+0.2%
$17.00
+14.6%
+39.7%$406.17M$228.85M14.13250Positive News
WTBA
West Bancorporation
2.8165 of 5 stars
$23.72
-0.3%
$23.00
-3.0%
+30.1%$400.45M$170.37M18.53181Positive News
RBB
RBB Bancorp
2.2727 of 5 stars
$23.77
-1.0%
$20.88
-12.2%
+51.3%$424.64M$236.17M12.85360
EBTC
Enterprise Bancorp
N/A$35.68
-1.8%
N/A+29.1%$451.55M$218.66M12.30570
RBNC
Reliant Bancorp
N/A$35.50
flat
N/A+0.0%$588.48M$151.83M11.72428Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
2.0466 of 5 stars
$46.56
-0.9%
$43.00
-7.6%
+72.8%$718.15M$227.58M42.33700
QCRH
QCR
3.4494 of 5 stars
$89.31
+0.0%
$76.00
-14.9%
+70.0%$1.51B$546.09M12.961,030Positive News
BY
Byline Bancorp
2.6943 of 5 stars
$30.95
+0.7%
$29.88
-3.5%
+48.7%$1.36B$535.79M11.251,055
CMPO
CompoSecure
0.7434 of 5 stars
$15.40
+0.8%
$15.79
+2.5%
+188.4%$1.35B$390.63M0.00720
BTDR
Bitdeer Technologies Group
1.9851 of 5 stars
$11.89
+3.0%
$14.80
+24.5%
+149.8%$1.29B$368.55M0.00211Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
News Coverage
Gap Up
SII
Sprott
2.1671 of 5 stars
$44.07
+0.9%
N/A+45.8%$1.13B$169.02M24.21170Ex-Dividend
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:BWB) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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