BWB vs. LOB, LC, VBTX, SUPV, LX, OPFI, BY, QCRH, CMPO, and OBK
Should you be buying Bridgewater Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridgewater Bancshares include Live Oak Bancshares (LOB), LendingClub (LC), Veritex (VBTX), Grupo Supervielle (SUPV), LexinFintech (LX), OppFi (OPFI), Byline Bancorp (BY), QCR (QCRH), CompoSecure (CMPO), and Origin Bancorp (OBK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Bridgewater Bancshares vs.
Live Oak Bancshares (NASDAQ:LOB) and Bridgewater Bancshares (NASDAQ:BWB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk and community ranking.
In the previous week, Live Oak Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than Bridgewater Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Live Oak Bancshares and 1 mentions for Bridgewater Bancshares. Bridgewater Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Live Oak Bancshares' score of 0.43 indicating that Bridgewater Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bridgewater Bancshares has a net margin of 12.96% compared to Live Oak Bancshares' net margin of 7.10%. Bridgewater Bancshares' return on equity of 8.85% beat Live Oak Bancshares' return on equity.
Live Oak Bancshares has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgewater Bancshares has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Live Oak Bancshares presently has a consensus target price of $44.75, suggesting a potential upside of 40.31%. Bridgewater Bancshares has a consensus target price of $17.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.25%. Given Live Oak Bancshares' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Live Oak Bancshares is more favorable than Bridgewater Bancshares.
Live Oak Bancshares received 124 more outperform votes than Bridgewater Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.02% of users gave Bridgewater Bancshares an outperform vote while only 54.08% of users gave Live Oak Bancshares an outperform vote.
64.0% of Live Oak Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.8% of Bridgewater Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.9% of Live Oak Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.2% of Bridgewater Bancshares shares are owned 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.
Live Oak Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Bridgewater Bancshares. Bridgewater Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Live Oak Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Live Oak Bancshares beats Bridgewater Bancshares on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BWB) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
