Bankwell Financial Group (BWFG) and Its Competitors Head-To-Head Review

Bankwell Financial Group (NASDAQ:BWFG) is one of 919 publicly-traded companies in the “Banks” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Bankwell Financial Group to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Risk and Volatility

Bankwell Financial Group has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bankwell Financial Group’s competitors have a beta of 0.61, indicating that their average share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Bankwell Financial Group and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bankwell Financial Group	20.49%	14.33%	1.32%
Bankwell Financial Group Competitors	15.64%	9.43%	0.93%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Bankwell Financial Group and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bankwell Financial Group	$128.66 million	$35.20 million	12.54
Bankwell Financial Group Competitors	$37.93 billion	$2.42 billion	21.38

Bankwell Financial Group’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Bankwell Financial Group. Bankwell Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Bankwell Financial Group and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bankwell Financial Group	0	1	1	2	3.25
Bankwell Financial Group Competitors	7492	30246	27845	1488	2.35

Bankwell Financial Group presently has a consensus price target of $71.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.02%. As a group, “Banks” companies have a potential upside of 14.48%. Given Bankwell Financial Group’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bankwell Financial Group has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

35.8% of Bankwell Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.8% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by institutional investors. 21.0% of Bankwell Financial Group 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Bankwell Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Bankwell Financial Group pays out 14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Banks” companies pay a dividend yield of 8.9% and pay out 28.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Bankwell Financial Group competitors beat Bankwell Financial Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

About Bankwell Financial Group

Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. is a bank holding company headquartered in New Canaan, Connecticut, and serves as the parent company of Bankwell Bank. Bankwell Bank provides commercial, business and personal banking services, with branch locations primarily across Fairfield and New Haven counties in Connecticut, along with a New York presence. The company’s deposit offerings include checking, savings and money market accounts, as well as certificates of deposit, all supported by an online and mobile banking platform for convenient account access.