MBCN vs. BWFG, CALB, HMST, FFNW, COFS, MYFW, FVCB, NWFL, PKBK, and CBAN
Should you be buying Middlefield Banc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Middlefield Banc include Bankwell Financial Group (BWFG), California BanCorp (CALB), HomeStreet (HMST), First Financial Northwest (FFNW), ChoiceOne Financial Services (COFS), First Western Financial (MYFW), FVCBankcorp (FVCB), Norwood Financial (NWFL), Parke Bancorp (PKBK), and Colony Bankcorp (CBAN). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Middlefield Banc (NASDAQ:MBCN) and Bankwell Financial Group (NASDAQ:BWFG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
31.7% of Middlefield Banc shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.8% of Bankwell Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Middlefield Banc shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of Bankwell Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Middlefield Banc currently has a consensus target price of $24.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.50%. Bankwell Financial Group has a consensus target price of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 39.80%. Given Bankwell Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bankwell Financial Group is more favorable than Middlefield Banc.
Bankwell Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Middlefield Banc. Bankwell Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Middlefield Banc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Middlefield Banc had 4 more articles in the media than Bankwell Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Middlefield Banc and 3 mentions for Bankwell Financial Group. Middlefield Banc's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Bankwell Financial Group's score of 0.49 indicating that Middlefield Banc is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Middlefield Banc received 10 more outperform votes than Bankwell Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.10% of users gave Bankwell Financial Group an outperform vote while only 59.75% of users gave Middlefield Banc an outperform vote.
Middlefield Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Bankwell Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Middlefield Banc pays out 39.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bankwell Financial Group pays out 20.8% 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.
Middlefield Banc has a net margin of 16.41% compared to Bankwell Financial Group's net margin of 15.28%. Bankwell Financial Group's return on equity of 11.55% beat Middlefield Banc's return on equity.
Middlefield Banc has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bankwell Financial Group has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bankwell Financial Group beats Middlefield Banc on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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