CWBC vs. ISTR, MYFW, PEBK, CALB, MBCN, OPBK, FFNW, CBAN, COFS, and PWOD
Should you be buying Community West Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Community West Bancshares include Investar (ISTR), First Western Financial (MYFW), Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (PEBK), California BanCorp (CALB), Middlefield Banc (MBCN), OP Bancorp (OPBK), First Financial Northwest (FFNW), Colony Bankcorp (CBAN), ChoiceOne Financial Services (COFS), and Penns Woods Bancorp (PWOD). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Community West Bancshares (NASDAQ:CWBC) and Investar (NASDAQ:ISTR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.
33.8% of Community West Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.2% of Investar shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.1% of Community West Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Investar shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Community West Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Investar pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Community West Bancshares pays out 25.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Investar pays out 22.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Investar received 76 more outperform votes than Community West Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.53% of users gave Community West Bancshares an outperform vote while only 60.11% of users gave Investar an outperform vote.
Community West Bancshares has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Investar. Investar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Community West Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Community West Bancshares has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Investar has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Community West Bancshares has a net margin of 20.04% compared to Investar's net margin of 12.02%. Community West Bancshares' return on equity of 11.58% beat Investar's return on equity.
In the previous week, Community West Bancshares had 13 more articles in the media than Investar. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Community West Bancshares and 7 mentions for Investar. Community West Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Investar's score of -0.18 indicating that Community West Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Community West Bancshares presently has a consensus target price of $20.33, suggesting a potential upside of 14.04%. Investar has a consensus target price of $16.08, suggesting a potential downside of 1.27%. Given Community West Bancshares' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Community West Bancshares is more favorable than Investar.
Summary
Community West Bancshares beats Investar on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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