BWBBP vs. OZKAP, CCNEP, CNOBP, DCOMP, EFSCP, FITBP, FITBO, FITBI, FCNCP, and FGBIP
Should you be buying Bridgewater Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridgewater Bancshares include Bank OZK (OZKAP), CNB Financial (CCNEP), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOBP), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOMP), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSCP), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITBP), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITBO), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITBI), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCP), and First Guaranty Bancshares (FGBIP). These companies are all part of the "banks - regional" industry.
Bank OZK (NASDAQ:OZKAP) and Bridgewater Bancshares (NASDAQ:BWBBP) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Bank OZK pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Bridgewater Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Bridgewater Bancshares has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Bridgewater Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Bank OZK had 3 more articles in the media than Bridgewater Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Bank OZK and 2 mentions for Bridgewater Bancshares. Bank OZK's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Bridgewater Bancshares' score of 0.36 indicating that Bridgewater Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bank OZK and Bridgewater Bancshares both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Bridgewater Bancshares beats Bank OZK on 3 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.
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