Bankwell Financial Group (BWFG) Competitors $28.82 +0.48 (+1.69%) Closing price 04/15/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$28.80 -0.02 (-0.05%) As of 04/15/2025 04:05 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock BWFG vs. GHLD, TRIN, CNOB, CIFR, AMAL, CFB, FMBH, BHRB, AMTB, and PGYShould you be buying Bankwell Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bankwell Financial Group include Guild (GHLD), Trinity Capital (TRIN), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Cipher Mining (CIFR), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Burke & Herbert Financial Services (BHRB), Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), and Pagaya Technologies (PGY). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry. Bankwell Financial Group vs. Guild Trinity Capital ConnectOne Bancorp Cipher Mining Amalgamated Financial CrossFirst Bankshares First Mid Bancshares Burke & Herbert Financial Services Amerant Bancorp Pagaya Technologies Guild (NYSE:GHLD) and Bankwell Financial Group (NASDAQ:BWFG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability. Do insiders & institutionals believe in GHLD or BWFG? 17.5% of Guild shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.8% of Bankwell Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 78.0% of Guild shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of Bankwell Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media refer more to GHLD or BWFG? In the previous week, Guild had 2 more articles in the media than Bankwell Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Guild and 2 mentions for Bankwell Financial Group. Bankwell Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Guild's score of 0.59 indicating that Bankwell Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Guild 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Bankwell Financial Group 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GHLD or BWFG? Bankwell Financial Group received 166 more outperform votes than Guild when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.48% of users gave Bankwell Financial Group an outperform vote while only 37.74% of users gave Guild an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformGuildOutperform Votes2037.74% Underperform Votes3362.26% Bankwell Financial GroupOutperform Votes18663.48% Underperform Votes10736.52% Which has better earnings & valuation, GHLD or BWFG? Bankwell Financial Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Guild. Guild is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bankwell Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioGuild$1.06B0.79-$39.01M$1.548.85Bankwell Financial Group$87M2.58$9.31M$1.1824.15 Do analysts recommend GHLD or BWFG? Guild presently has a consensus target price of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.06%. Bankwell Financial Group has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 40.35%. Given Bankwell Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bankwell Financial Group is more favorable than Guild.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Guild 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.60Bankwell Financial Group 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Is GHLD or BWFG a better dividend stock? Guild pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Bankwell Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Guild pays out 64.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bankwell Financial Group pays out 67.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Guild is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Is GHLD or BWFG more profitable? Bankwell Financial Group has a net margin of 4.76% compared to Guild's net margin of -12.78%. Guild's return on equity of 6.21% beat Bankwell Financial Group's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Guild-12.78% 6.21% 1.76% Bankwell Financial Group 4.76%3.48%0.30% Which has more risk and volatility, GHLD or BWFG? Guild has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bankwell Financial Group has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryGuild and Bankwell Financial Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Bankwell Financial Group News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BWFG and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart BWFG vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBankwell Financial GroupState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$224.84M$2.87B$10.86B$7.56BDividend Yield2.83%4.08%6.00%4.33%P/E Ratio24.1521.3521.5917.81Price / Sales2.582.8725.2193.59Price / Cash5.8710.6317.6134.64Price / Book0.821.092.593.99Net Income$9.31M$372.21M$1.03B$247.23M7 Day Performance2.85%2.45%4.01%7.24%1 Month Performance-2.83%-6.41%-3.35%-6.26%1 Year Performance21.74%14.35%535.42%-0.18% Bankwell Financial Group Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BWFGBankwell Financial Group2.9706 of 5 stars$28.82+1.7%$40.00+38.8%+23.1%$227.36M$87M24.42140Upcoming EarningsNews CoveragePositive NewsGHLDGuild3.7739 of 5 stars$13.98-7.4%$16.60+18.7%-4.2%$865.42M$1.06B-9.025,100Short Interest ↓TRINTrinity Capital1.3535 of 5 stars$13.58-5.0%$15.33+12.9%+2.6%$853.25M$175.49M7.9440Short Interest ↑High Trading VolumeCNOBConnectOne Bancorp4.7705 of 5 stars$21.80+0.9%$28.50+30.7%+20.6%$836.55M$264.07M12.32520Positive NewsCIFRCipher Mining2.6198 of 5 stars$2.23+6.2%$8.13+264.3%-36.4%$819.81M$151.27M-17.1510Short Interest ↑High Trading VolumeAMALAmalgamated Financial3.6468 of 5 stars$26.20-0.8%$38.50+46.9%+20.6%$804.00M$316.48M7.59380News CoverageHigh Trading VolumeCFBCrossFirst Bankshares0.8644 of 5 stars$15.99flat$19.33+20.9%N/A$788.55M$261.78M10.25460Upcoming EarningsFMBHFirst Mid Bancshares3.4868 of 5 stars$31.05-1.5%$45.00+44.9%+8.0%$744.64M$318.63M9.441,070Short Interest ↑Positive NewsGap DownHigh Trading VolumeBHRBBurke & Herbert Financial Services3.3514 of 5 stars$49.67-1.3%$76.00+53.0%-3.1%$744.21M$256.55M20.70850News CoverageAMTBAmerant Bancorp3.5624 of 5 stars$17.64+0.3%$27.00+53.1%-11.8%$739.26M$305.29M-30.94680News CoverageGap DownPGYPagaya Technologies4.148 of 5 stars$9.42-1.9%$20.61+118.8%-0.3%$709.31M$1.00B-1.71800News CoveragePositive NewsGap Down Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Guild Competitors Trinity Capital Competitors ConnectOne Bancorp Competitors Cipher Mining Competitors Amalgamated Financial Competitors CrossFirst Bankshares Competitors First Mid Bancshares Competitors Burke & Herbert Financial Services Competitors Amerant Bancorp Competitors Pagaya Technologies Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:BWFG) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTwo Unmistakable Patterns Return…The signs suggest we're entering one of those rare periods now. 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