Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (BWFG) vs Civista Bancshares, Inc. (CIVB)

Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. and Civista Bancshares, Inc. are both Banks Regional companies. Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. and Civista Bancshares, Inc. are of similar size ($583.3M and $559.9M). Civista Bancshares, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 10.1× against 12.2×. Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.69% against 4.71%. Civista Bancshares, Inc. has the higher net margin (20.7% vs 20.2%) and the lower return on invested capital (8.99% vs 14.1%). Both pay a dividend; Civista Bancshares, Inc. yields more (3.19% vs 1.14%). Across the 19 metrics below, Civista Bancshares, Inc. leads on 11 and Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric BWFG CIVB Banks Regional median
P/E 12.23 10.10 12.02
P/S 2.48 2.23 2.36
P/B 1.65 1.05 1.23
Price to free cash flow 14.97 8.87 10.60
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 8.17% 9.90% 8.21%
Free cash flow yield 6.68% 11.28% 9.23%

Profitability

Metric BWFG CIVB Banks Regional median
Gross margin 57.91% 70.94% 69.81%
Operating margin 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Net margin 20.19% 20.73% 18.82%
Free cash flow margin 16.57% 0.00% 17.97%
Return on equity 14.31% 0.00% 10.28%
Return on assets 1.32% 0.00% 1.13%
Return on invested capital 14.09% 8.99% 8.45%

Growth

Metric BWFG CIVB Banks Regional median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.69% 4.71% 6.37%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 280.34% 31.34% 18.85%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 20.91% 14.77% 12.65%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 43.03% 7.49% 9.81%

Health

Metric BWFG CIVB Banks Regional median
Debt to equity 0.58 0.00 0.17
Current ratio 0.00 0.95 0.93
Net debt to EBITDA 0.00 0.00 0.00

Dividend

Metric BWFG CIVB Banks Regional median
Dividend yield 1.14% 3.19% 2.49%
Payout ratio 0.14 0.32 0.29

Size

Metric BWFG CIVB Banks Regional median
Market cap 559.88m 583.25m 934.85m

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