Community West Bancshares (CWBC) Competitors

Veritex (NASDAQ:VBTX) and Community West Bancshares (NASDAQ:CWBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Does the media refer more to VBTX or CWBC?

In the previous week, Veritex had 11 more articles in the media than Community West Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Veritex and 21 mentions for Community West Bancshares. Community West Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Veritex's score of 0.32 indicating that Community West Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Veritex	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Community West Bancshares	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of VBTX or CWBC?

88.3% of Veritex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Community West Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Veritex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.2% of Community West Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate VBTX or CWBC?

Veritex presently has a consensus price target of $31.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.54%. Community West Bancshares has a consensus price target of $23.33, indicating a potential upside of 19.72%. Given Community West Bancshares' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Community West Bancshares is more favorable than Veritex.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Veritex	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Community West Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, VBTX or CWBC?

Veritex has higher revenue and earnings than Community West Bancshares. Veritex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Community West Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Veritex	$797.62M	1.83	$108.26M	$1.95	13.74
Community West Bancshares	$46.27M	7.98	$7.67M	$0.52	37.48

Is VBTX or CWBC more profitable?

Veritex has a net margin of 13.44% compared to Community West Bancshares' net margin of 4.59%. Community West Bancshares' return on equity of 7.90% beat Veritex's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Veritex	13.44%	7.63%	0.93%
Community West Bancshares	4.59%	7.90%	0.78%

Is VBTX or CWBC a better dividend stock?

Veritex pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Community West Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Veritex pays out 41.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Community West Bancshares pays out 92.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Veritex is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VBTX or CWBC?

Veritex received 98 more outperform votes than Community West Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.57% of users gave Community West Bancshares an outperform vote while only 51.18% of users gave Veritex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Veritex	Outperform Votes 238 51.18%	Underperform Votes 227 48.82%
Community West Bancshares	Outperform Votes 140 59.57%	Underperform Votes 95 40.43%

Which has more volatility and risk, VBTX or CWBC?

Veritex has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Community West Bancshares has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Veritex beats Community West Bancshares on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.