FINW vs. SBSI, AMTB, ESQ, HBT, OSBC, JFIN, NBN, MCB, ATLC, and BFST
Should you be buying FinWise Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FinWise Bancorp include Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), Esquire Financial (ESQ), HBT Financial (HBT), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), Jiayin Group (JFIN), Northeast Bancorp (NBN), Metropolitan Bank (MCB), Atlanticus (ATLC), and Business First Bancshares (BFST). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
FinWise Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
FinWise Bancorp (NASDAQ:FINW) and Southside Bancshares (NYSE:SBSI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Southside Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than FinWise Bancorp. Southside Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FinWise Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FinWise Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $20.88, suggesting a potential upside of 14.89%. Given FinWise Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe FinWise Bancorp is more favorable than Southside Bancshares.
FinWise Bancorp has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southside Bancshares has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
35.4% of FinWise Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.7% of Southside Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.3% of FinWise Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Southside Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Southside Bancshares has a net margin of 19.07% compared to FinWise Bancorp's net margin of 12.72%. Southside Bancshares' return on equity of 10.59% beat FinWise Bancorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, Southside Bancshares had 2 more articles in the media than FinWise Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Southside Bancshares and 1 mentions for FinWise Bancorp. FinWise Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Southside Bancshares'average media sentiment score.
Summary
FinWise Bancorp beats Southside Bancshares on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:FINW) was last updated on 8/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
