SWKH vs. BFST, FUFU, CFB, MCBS, GHLD, HBT, IBCP, LPRO, ESQ, and MCB
Should you be buying SWK stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SWK include Business First Bancshares (BFST), BitFuFu (FUFU), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), Guild (GHLD), HBT Financial (HBT), Independent Bank (IBCP), Open Lending (LPRO), Esquire Financial (ESQ), and Metropolitan Bank (MCB). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
SWK vs.
SWK (NASDAQ:SWKH) and Business First Bancshares (NASDAQ:BFST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
Business First Bancshares received 121 more outperform votes than SWK when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.04% of users gave Business First Bancshares an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave SWK an outperform vote.
99.3% of SWK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.4% of Business First Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of SWK shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Business First Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
SWK has a net margin of 26.51% compared to Business First Bancshares' net margin of 14.19%. Business First Bancshares' return on equity of 11.88% beat SWK's return on equity.
Business First Bancshares has a consensus target price of $31.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.82%. Given Business First Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Business First Bancshares is more favorable than SWK.
Business First Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than SWK. Business First Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SWK, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SWK has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Business First Bancshares has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Business First Bancshares had 2 more articles in the media than SWK. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Business First Bancshares and 0 mentions for SWK. Business First Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat SWK's score of 0.00 indicating that Business First Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Business First Bancshares beats SWK on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SWKH) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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