PKBK vs. BWFG, NWFL, COFS, CBAN, FVCB, SBNY, FFNW, OVLY, USCB, and CHMG
Should you be buying Parke Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Parke Bancorp include Bankwell Financial Group (BWFG), Norwood Financial (NWFL), ChoiceOne Financial Services (COFS), Colony Bankcorp (CBAN), FVCBankcorp (FVCB), Signature Bank (SBNY), First Financial Northwest (FFNW), Oak Valley Bancorp (OVLY), USCB Financial (USCB), and Chemung Financial (CHMG). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Bankwell Financial Group (NASDAQ:BWFG) and Parke Bancorp (NASDAQ:PKBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
Bankwell Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Parke Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Bankwell Financial Group pays out 20.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Parke Bancorp pays out 37.3% 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.
Bankwell Financial Group presently has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.00%. Given Parke Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bankwell Financial Group is more favorable than Parke Bancorp.
35.8% of Bankwell Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.7% of Parke Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 19.2% of Bankwell Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of Parke Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Parke Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than Bankwell Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Parke Bancorp and 0 mentions for Bankwell Financial Group. Bankwell Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Parke Bancorp's score of 0.80 indicating that Parke Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bankwell Financial Group has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parke Bancorp has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bankwell Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Parke Bancorp. Bankwell Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Parke Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bankwell Financial Group received 47 more outperform votes than Parke Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.10% of users gave Bankwell Financial Group an outperform vote while only 60.71% of users gave Parke Bancorp an outperform vote.
Parke Bancorp has a net margin of 19.22% compared to Parke Bancorp's net margin of 15.28%. Parke Bancorp's return on equity of 11.67% beat Bankwell Financial Group's return on equity.
Summary
Bankwell Financial Group beats Parke Bancorp on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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