FNWD vs. SPFI, QD, YRD, MPB, SMBK, HKD, CBNK, BITF, GNTY, and ALRS
Should you be buying Finward Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Finward Bancorp include South Plains Financial (SPFI), Qudian (QD), Yiren Digital (YRD), Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), SmartFinancial (SMBK), AMTD Digital (HKD), Capital Bancorp (CBNK), Bitfarms (BITF), Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY), and Alerus Financial (ALRS). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Finward Bancorp vs.
Finward Bancorp (NASDAQ:FNWD) and South Plains Financial (NASDAQ:SPFI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Finward Bancorp has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, South Plains Financial has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
South Plains Financial received 49 more outperform votes than Finward Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.82% of users gave South Plains Financial an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Finward Bancorp an outperform vote.
Finward Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.13%. South Plains Financial has a consensus target price of $41.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.15%. Given South Plains Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe South Plains Financial is more favorable than Finward Bancorp.
Finward Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. South Plains Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Finward Bancorp pays out 17.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. South Plains Financial pays out 20.0% 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.
South Plains Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Finward Bancorp. Finward Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than South Plains Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
South Plains Financial has a net margin of 17.20% compared to Finward Bancorp's net margin of 10.85%. South Plains Financial's return on equity of 11.75% beat Finward Bancorp's return on equity.
26.6% of Finward Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.0% of South Plains Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.7% of Finward Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.4% of South Plains Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, South Plains Financial had 13 more articles in the media than Finward Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for South Plains Financial and 2 mentions for Finward Bancorp. Finward Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat South Plains Financial's score of 0.47 indicating that Finward Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
South Plains Financial beats Finward Bancorp on 18 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FNWD) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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