BWB vs. FFWM, MOFG, RRBI, BSRR, EBTC, RBB, MPB, FFIC, FBIZ, and WTBA
Should you be buying Bridgewater Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridgewater Bancshares include First Foundation (FFWM), MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG), Red River Bancshares (RRBI), Sierra Bancorp (BSRR), Enterprise Bancorp (EBTC), RBB Bancorp (RBB), Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), Flushing Financial (FFIC), First Business Financial Services (FBIZ), and West Bancorporation (WTBA). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
First Foundation (NASDAQ:FFWM) and Bridgewater Bancshares (NASDAQ:BWB) 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, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
73.1% of First Foundation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.8% of Bridgewater Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of First Foundation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.2% of Bridgewater Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
First Foundation currently has a consensus price target of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 78.24%. Bridgewater Bancshares has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.76%. Given Bridgewater Bancshares' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe First Foundation is more favorable than Bridgewater Bancshares.
First Foundation received 137 more outperform votes than Bridgewater Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.22% of users gave First Foundation an outperform vote while only 57.32% of users gave Bridgewater Bancshares an outperform vote.
First Foundation has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgewater Bancshares has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bridgewater Bancshares has a net margin of 15.37% compared to Bridgewater Bancshares' net margin of -32.44%. First Foundation's return on equity of 10.20% beat Bridgewater Bancshares' return on equity.
In the previous week, First Foundation had 1 more articles in the media than Bridgewater Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for First Foundation and 2 mentions for Bridgewater Bancshares. First Foundation's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Bridgewater Bancshares' score of 0.13 indicating that Bridgewater Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bridgewater Bancshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First Foundation. First Foundation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bridgewater Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Bridgewater Bancshares beats First Foundation on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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