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$16.41 +0.02 (+0.12%)
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SWKH vs. GHLD, OSBC, MCBS, NBBK, BITF, CFB, BFST, IBCP, HBT, and ORRF

Should you be buying SWK stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SWK include Guild (GHLD), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), NB Bancorp (NBBK), Bitfarms (BITF), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), Business First Bancshares (BFST), Independent Bank (IBCP), HBT Financial (HBT), and Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

SWK vs.

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

SWK has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guild has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

SWK has a net margin of 26.51% compared to Guild's net margin of -12.78%. Guild's return on equity of 6.21% beat SWK's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SWK26.51% 5.07% 4.40%
Guild -12.78%6.21%1.76%

In the previous week, Guild had 5 more articles in the media than SWK. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Guild and 0 mentions for SWK. Guild's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat SWK's score of 0.00 indicating that Guild is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
SWK Neutral
Guild Neutral

99.3% of SWK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.5% of Guild shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of SWK shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 78.5% of Guild shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Guild received 11 more outperform votes than SWK when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.00% of users gave SWK an outperform vote while only 39.22% of users gave Guild an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SWKOutperform Votes
9
50.00%
Underperform Votes
9
50.00%
GuildOutperform Votes
20
39.22%
Underperform Votes
31
60.78%

SWK has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Guild. Guild 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$37.76M5.31$15.89M$0.9317.65
Guild$655.19M1.23-$39.01M-$1.55-8.40

Guild has a consensus price target of $16.67, indicating a potential upside of 28.01%. Given Guild's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Guild 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
Guild
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Summary

Guild beats SWK on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SWKH vs. The Competition

MetricSWKbusiness credit IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$200.69M$12.41B$11.73B$9.13B
Dividend YieldN/A3.17%5.97%4.00%
P/E Ratio17.658.9325.0017.53
Price / Sales5.313.2927.7080.48
Price / Cash8.826.8616.9332.90
Price / Book0.730.812.664.69
Net Income$15.89M$800.83M$1.07B$224.57M
7 Day Performance1.61%4.14%2.56%3.33%
1 Month Performance3.86%1.00%1.55%5.33%
1 Year Performance-4.48%-5.82%15.46%22.98%

SWK Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SWKH
SWK
1.1658 of 5 stars
$16.41
+0.1%
N/A-4.6%$200.69M$37.76M17.6540High Trading Volume
GHLD
Guild
3.6372 of 5 stars
$12.80
+2.9%
$16.50
+28.9%
-8.2%$792.14M$745.56M-8.264,200Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
OSBC
Old Second Bancorp
2.6367 of 5 stars
$17.63
+2.1%
$18.88
+7.1%
+19.9%$790.71M$326.15M9.53890Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
MCBS
MetroCity Bankshares
4.0673 of 5 stars
$30.18
+1.5%
$36.00
+19.3%
+32.5%$764.52M$135.01M13.01220Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
NBBK
NB Bancorp
3.0845 of 5 stars
$16.96
+1.6%
$22.00
+29.7%
+22.4%$724.29M$163.52M0.00342Positive News
BITF
Bitfarms
2.4062 of 5 stars
$1.56
-3.1%
$4.05
+159.6%
-19.6%$706.58M$182.96M-4.33110Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
CFB
CrossFirst Bankshares
3.8266 of 5 stars
$14.23
+0.9%
$19.33
+35.9%
+15.8%$701.75M$254.34M9.68460News Coverage
Positive News
BFST
Business First Bancshares
3.6646 of 5 stars
$23.50
+0.7%
$29.17
+24.1%
+11.8%$694.21M$254.16M10.13750Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
IBCP
Independent Bank
3.3459 of 5 stars
$32.85
+0.3%
$34.83
+6.0%
+33.5%$686.37M$203.04M11.17920News Coverage
Positive News
HBT
HBT Financial
3.0034 of 5 stars
$21.21
+2.2%
$24.40
+15.0%
+10.4%$669.37M$219.85M9.64730Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
ORRF
Orrstown Financial Services
4.4619 of 5 stars
$34.11
+0.4%
$37.25
+9.2%
+29.1%$661.26M$161.57M18.34430Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:SWKH) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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