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$15.80 -0.67 (-4.07%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

SWKH vs. IBCP, ORRF, HBT, MCB, SMBC, PGY, EQBK, FSBC, LPRO, and LDI

Should you be buying SWK stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SWK include Independent Bank (IBCP), Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF), HBT Financial (HBT), Metropolitan Bank (MCB), Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC), Pagaya Technologies (PGY), Equity Bancshares (EQBK), Five Star Bancorp (FSBC), Open Lending (LPRO), and loanDepot (LDI). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

SWK vs.

SWK (NASDAQ:SWKH) and Independent Bank (NASDAQ:IBCP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Independent Bank has a consensus target price of $34.83, suggesting a potential downside of 0.87%. Given Independent Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Independent Bank is more favorable than SWK.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SWK
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Independent Bank
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

SWK has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Independent Bank has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

SWK has a net margin of 26.51% compared to Independent Bank's net margin of 19.93%. Independent Bank's return on equity of 15.26% beat SWK's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SWK26.51% 5.07% 4.40%
Independent Bank 19.93%15.26%1.24%

99.3% of SWK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Independent Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of SWK shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Independent Bank shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Independent Bank received 216 more outperform votes than SWK when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.61% of users gave Independent Bank an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave SWK an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SWKOutperform Votes
9
50.00%
Underperform Votes
9
50.00%
Independent BankOutperform Votes
225
54.61%
Underperform Votes
187
45.39%

Independent Bank has higher revenue and earnings than SWK. Independent Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SWK, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SWK$42.52M4.55$15.89M$0.9316.99
Independent Bank$203.04M3.62$59.07M$2.9411.95

In the previous week, Independent Bank had 7 more articles in the media than SWK. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Independent Bank and 1 mentions for SWK. Independent Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat SWK's score of 0.75 indicating that Independent Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SWK
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Independent Bank
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Independent Bank beats SWK on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SWKH vs. The Competition

MetricSWKbusiness credit IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$193.28M$6.24B$11.26B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A3.04%5.77%4.23%
P/E Ratio16.996.5326.7517.18
Price / Sales4.5511.7836.48116.99
Price / Cash9.0044.6018.6537.86
Price / Book0.701.522.764.78
Net Income$15.89M$600.53M$1.04B$225.60M
7 Day Performance-4.93%-4.47%-2.89%-1.23%
1 Month Performance3.61%0.94%-2.90%3.36%
1 Year Performance-11.29%-9.52%11.58%16.60%

SWK Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SWKH
SWK
1.6549 of 5 stars
$15.80
-4.1%
N/A-10.5%$193.28M$42.52M16.9940News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
IBCP
Independent Bank
3.2123 of 5 stars
$37.99
+0.1%
$34.83
-8.3%
+37.6%$793.61M$290.35M12.91741Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
ORRF
Orrstown Financial Services
4.1196 of 5 stars
$38.78
flat
$35.33
-8.9%
+28.0%$751.94M$175.55M20.85430Positive News
HBT
HBT Financial
3.1156 of 5 stars
$23.60
+0.6%
$24.40
+3.4%
+4.6%$744.79M$219.85M10.66730Buyback Announcement
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
MCB
Metropolitan Bank
3.9897 of 5 stars
$65.98
+1.5%
$74.25
+12.5%
+11.0%$738.84M$269.46M12.35240
SMBC
Southern Missouri Bancorp
3.3892 of 5 stars
$64.17
+1.2%
$63.00
-1.8%
+11.8%$723.65M$166.92M14.58693Positive News
PGY
Pagaya Technologies
4.3751 of 5 stars
$9.77
+1.3%
$21.13
+116.2%
-51.6%$719.62M$939.31M-3.80800Analyst Forecast
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
2.1575 of 5 stars
$46.75
+0.6%
$44.75
-4.3%
+25.4%$714.81M$153.70M42.61700Positive News
FSBC
Five Star Bancorp
4.2728 of 5 stars
$33.07
+0.0%
$34.33
+3.8%
+20.9%$705.05M$181.89M14.50180Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
LPRO
Open Lending
2.4653 of 5 stars
$5.82
+1.7%
$6.83
+17.4%
-27.5%$694.62M$95.89M190.67210News Coverage
Gap Down
LDI
loanDepot
3.404 of 5 stars
$2.10
+1.4%
$2.60
+23.8%
-41.0%$686.70M$747.53M-3.984,250

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This page (NASDAQ:SWKH) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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