NWFL vs. NBBK, BFST, CFB, MCBS, HBT, FUFU, GHLD, IBCP, ESQ, and MCB
Should you be buying Norwood Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Norwood Financial include NB Bancorp (NBBK), Business First Bancshares (BFST), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), HBT Financial (HBT), BitFuFu (FUFU), Guild (GHLD), Independent Bank (IBCP), Esquire Financial (ESQ), and Metropolitan Bank (MCB). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Norwood Financial vs.
Norwood Financial (NASDAQ:NWFL) and NB Bancorp (NASDAQ:NBBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Norwood Financial received 120 more outperform votes than NB Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave NB Bancorp an outperform vote while only 61.81% of users gave Norwood Financial an outperform vote.
NB Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Norwood Financial. NB Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Norwood Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Norwood Financial currently has a consensus price target of $29.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.97%. NB Bancorp has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.53%. Given Norwood Financial's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Norwood Financial is more favorable than NB Bancorp.
NB Bancorp has a net margin of 13.86% compared to Norwood Financial's net margin of -0.16%. Norwood Financial's return on equity of 8.38% beat NB Bancorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, Norwood Financial and Norwood Financial both had 3 articles in the media. Norwood Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat NB Bancorp's score of 0.19 indicating that Norwood Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
28.1% of Norwood Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.1% of Norwood Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of NB Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Norwood Financial has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NB Bancorp has a beta of 0.12, indicating that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Norwood Financial and NB Bancorp tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:NWFL) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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