BWB vs. VBTX, QCRH, CMPO, BY, CCB, FBMS, OBK, SII, FSUN, and AMAL
Should you be buying Bridgewater Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridgewater Bancshares include Veritex (VBTX), QCR (QCRH), CompoSecure (CMPO), Byline Bancorp (BY), Coastal Financial (CCB), First Bancshares (FBMS), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Sprott (SII), Firstsun Capital Bancorp (FSUN), and Amalgamated Financial (AMAL). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Bridgewater Bancshares vs.
Veritex (NASDAQ:VBTX) 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 earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.
Veritex received 95 more outperform votes than Bridgewater Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.68% of users gave Bridgewater Bancshares an outperform vote while only 50.87% of users gave Veritex an outperform vote.
Veritex has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgewater Bancshares has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Veritex has higher revenue and earnings than Bridgewater Bancshares. Bridgewater Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Veritex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Veritex currently has a consensus target price of $29.40, indicating a potential upside of 11.57%. Bridgewater Bancshares has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.01%. Given Bridgewater Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bridgewater Bancshares is more favorable than Veritex.
88.3% of Veritex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.8% of Bridgewater Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Veritex 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Bridgewater Bancshares has a net margin of 13.54% compared to Veritex's net margin of 11.11%. Bridgewater Bancshares' return on equity of 9.02% beat Veritex's return on equity.
In the previous week, Veritex and Veritex both had 3 articles in the media. Veritex's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Bridgewater Bancshares' score of 0.93 indicating that Veritex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Veritex beats Bridgewater Bancshares on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BWB) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff