MYFW vs. PEBK, ISTR, CWBC, OPBK, CALB, FFNW, BWFG, COFS, CFFI, and MBCN
Should you be buying First Western Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Western Financial include Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (PEBK), Investar (ISTR), Community West Bancshares (CWBC), OP Bancorp (OPBK), California BanCorp (CALB), First Financial Northwest (FFNW), Bankwell Financial Group (BWFG), ChoiceOne Financial Services (COFS), C&F Financial (CFFI), and Middlefield Banc (MBCN). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
First Western Financial (NASDAQ:MYFW) and Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (NASDAQ:PEBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings and media sentiment.
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina has a net margin of 16.29% compared to First Western Financial's net margin of 4.28%. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's return on equity of 14.14% beat First Western Financial's return on equity.
60.3% of First Western Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.8% of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of First Western Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.4% of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina received 86 more outperform votes than First Western Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.81% of users gave Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina an outperform vote while only 48.87% of users gave First Western Financial an outperform vote.
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First Western Financial. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Western Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina had 1 more articles in the media than First Western Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina and 2 mentions for First Western Financial. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat First Western Financial's score of 0.44 indicating that Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
First Western Financial presently has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.03%. Given First Western Financial's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe First Western Financial is more favorable than Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina.
First Western Financial has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina beats First Western Financial on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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