FINW vs. PWOD, CFFI, RMBI, MNSB, OPBK, FRAF, FCCO, CWBC, HNVR, and UNB
Should you be buying FinWise Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FinWise Bancorp include Penns Woods Bancorp (PWOD), C&F Financial (CFFI), Richmond Mutual Bancorporation (RMBI), MainStreet Bancshares (MNSB), OP Bancorp (OPBK), Franklin Financial Services (FRAF), First Community (FCCO), Community West Bancshares (CWBC), Hanover Bancorp (HNVR), and Union Bankshares (UNB). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Penns Woods Bancorp (NASDAQ:PWOD) and FinWise Bancorp (NASDAQ:FINW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.
FinWise Bancorp has a net margin of 18.63% compared to FinWise Bancorp's net margin of 14.79%. Penns Woods Bancorp's return on equity of 11.20% beat FinWise Bancorp's return on equity.
Penns Woods Bancorp has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FinWise Bancorp has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
27.9% of Penns Woods Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.4% of FinWise Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Penns Woods Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.8% of FinWise Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Penns Woods Bancorp received 78 more outperform votes than FinWise Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 45.45% of users gave FinWise Bancorp an outperform vote while only 44.86% of users gave Penns Woods Bancorp an outperform vote.
FinWise Bancorp has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 60.38%. Given Penns Woods Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FinWise Bancorp is more favorable than Penns Woods Bancorp.
FinWise Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Penns Woods Bancorp. FinWise Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Penns Woods Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Penns Woods Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than FinWise Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Penns Woods Bancorp and 3 mentions for FinWise Bancorp. FinWise Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Penns Woods Bancorp's score of 0.94 indicating that Penns Woods Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
FinWise Bancorp beats Penns Woods Bancorp on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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