FINW vs. PFC, CNOB, BFC, AMTB, ML, BHRB, TRIN, FMBH, ATLC, and NBN
Should you be buying FinWise Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FinWise Bancorp include Premier Financial (PFC), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Bank First (BFC), Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), MoneyLion (ML), Burke & Herbert Financial Services (BHRB), Trinity Capital (TRIN), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Atlanticus (ATLC), and Northeast Bank (NBN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
FinWise Bancorp vs.
Premier Financial (NASDAQ:PFC) and FinWise Bancorp (NASDAQ:FINW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Premier Financial presently has a consensus price target of $22.50, indicating a potential downside of 20.44%. FinWise Bancorp has a consensus price target of $21.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.55%. Given FinWise Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FinWise Bancorp is more favorable than Premier Financial.
Premier Financial has higher revenue and earnings than FinWise Bancorp. Premier Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FinWise Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Premier Financial has a net margin of 16.12% compared to FinWise Bancorp's net margin of 13.23%. FinWise Bancorp's return on equity of 7.67% beat Premier Financial's return on equity.
Premier Financial has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FinWise Bancorp has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Premier Financial received 5 more outperform votes than FinWise Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave FinWise Bancorp an outperform vote while only 38.89% of users gave Premier Financial an outperform vote.
66.1% of Premier Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.4% of FinWise Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Premier Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of FinWise Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Premier Financial had 1 more articles in the media than FinWise Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Premier Financial and 1 mentions for FinWise Bancorp. Premier Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat FinWise Bancorp's score of 1.19 indicating that Premier Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Premier Financial beats FinWise Bancorp on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FINW) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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