FNWD vs. MPB, NPB, ALRS, CBNK, BCAL, TCBX, GNTY, SHBI, HONE, and PFIS
Should you be buying Finward Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Finward Bancorp include Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), Northpointe Bancshares (NPB), Alerus Financial (ALRS), Capital Bancorp (CBNK), Southern California Bancorp (BCAL), Third Coast Bancshares (TCBX), Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), HarborOne Bancorp (HONE), and Peoples Financial Services (PFIS). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Finward Bancorp vs.
Mid Penn Bancorp (NASDAQ:MPB) and Finward Bancorp (NASDAQ:FNWD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Mid Penn Bancorp received 112 more outperform votes than Finward Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.65% of users gave Mid Penn Bancorp an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Finward Bancorp an outperform vote.
Mid Penn Bancorp has a net margin of 15.99% compared to Finward Bancorp's net margin of 10.85%. Mid Penn Bancorp's return on equity of 8.43% beat Finward Bancorp's return on equity.
Mid Penn Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Finward Bancorp. Mid Penn Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Finward Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mid Penn Bancorp has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Finward Bancorp has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mid Penn Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Finward Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Mid Penn Bancorp pays out 27.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Finward Bancorp pays out 17.0% 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.
43.1% of Mid Penn Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.6% of Finward Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 10.7% of Mid Penn Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Finward Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Mid Penn Bancorp had 8 more articles in the media than Finward Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Mid Penn Bancorp and 0 mentions for Finward Bancorp. Mid Penn Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Finward Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Mid Penn Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mid Penn Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $36.00, suggesting a potential upside of 47.78%. Finward Bancorp has a consensus price target of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.39%. Given Mid Penn Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Mid Penn Bancorp is more favorable than Finward Bancorp.
Summary
Mid Penn Bancorp 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 4/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
