Reviewing Bridgewater Bancshares (BWB) and Its Competitors

Bridgewater Bancshares (NASDAQ:BWB) is one of 919 public companies in the “Banks” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Bridgewater Bancshares to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Risk & Volatility

Bridgewater Bancshares has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgewater Bancshares’ rivals have a beta of 0.61, meaning that their average stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

65.8% of Bridgewater Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.8% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by institutional investors. 23.1% of Bridgewater Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Bridgewater Bancshares and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bridgewater Bancshares	0	0	4	0	3.00
Bridgewater Bancshares Competitors	7490	30240	27843	1488	2.35

Bridgewater Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $23.67, suggesting a potential upside of 14.66%. As a group, “Banks” companies have a potential upside of 14.63%. Given Bridgewater Bancshares’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bridgewater Bancshares is more favorable than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Bridgewater Bancshares and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bridgewater Bancshares	19.27%	11.60%	1.00%
Bridgewater Bancshares Competitors	15.64%	9.43%	0.93%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Bridgewater Bancshares and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bridgewater Bancshares	$292.76 million	$46.09 million	10.58
Bridgewater Bancshares Competitors	$37.93 billion	$2.42 billion	21.32

Bridgewater Bancshares’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Bridgewater Bancshares. Bridgewater Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Bridgewater Bancshares beats its rivals on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Bridgewater Bancshares

Bridgewater Bancshares, Inc. is a bank holding company and the parent of Bridgewater Bank, a community bank headquartered in Minnesota. Founded in 2005, the company focuses primarily on serving businesses, professionals and individuals in the Twin Cities metropolitan area and surrounding Minnesota communities. Bridgewater Bank provides commercial banking services, including commercial real estate and business lending, deposit accounts, and treasury management and cash-management services. It also offers personal banking products and services to individuals and business owners.