BWFG vs. OVLY, MBCN, CFFI, BOCH, EBMT, AMAL, CTBI, FMBH, CNOB, and PFC
Should you be buying Bankwell Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bankwell Financial Group include Oak Valley Bancorp (OVLY), Middlefield Banc (MBCN), C&F Financial (CFFI), Bank of Commerce (BOCH), Eagle Bancorp Montana (EBMT), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), and Premier Financial (PFC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Bankwell Financial Group (NASDAQ:BWFG) and Oak Valley Bancorp (NASDAQ:OVLY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
35.8% of Bankwell Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of Oak Valley Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 19.2% of Bankwell Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of Oak Valley Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bankwell Financial Group has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oak Valley Bancorp has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bankwell Financial Group currently has a consensus price target of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 37.43%. Given Bankwell Financial Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Bankwell Financial Group is more favorable than Oak Valley Bancorp.
In the previous week, Oak Valley Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than Bankwell Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Oak Valley Bancorp and 6 mentions for Bankwell Financial Group. Bankwell Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Oak Valley Bancorp's score of 0.98 indicating that Bankwell Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bankwell Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Oak Valley Bancorp. Bankwell Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oak Valley Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Oak Valley Bancorp has a net margin of 31.38% compared to Bankwell Financial Group's net margin of 15.28%. Oak Valley Bancorp's return on equity of 17.78% beat Bankwell Financial Group's return on equity.
Bankwell Financial Group received 18 more outperform votes than Oak Valley Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.10% of users gave Bankwell Financial Group an outperform vote while only 54.46% of users gave Oak Valley Bancorp an outperform vote.
Bankwell Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Oak Valley Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Bankwell Financial Group pays out 20.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Oak Valley Bancorp pays out 13.6% 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.
Summary
Bankwell Financial Group beats Oak Valley Bancorp on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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