Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (BWFG) vs Kearny Financial (KRNY)

Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. and Kearny Financial are both Banks Regional companies. Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. and Kearny Financial are of similar size ($586.3M and $559.9M). Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 12.2× against 15.6×. Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.69% against 1.22%. Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (20.2% vs 10.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.1% vs 4.70%). Both pay a dividend; Kearny Financial yields more (4.87% vs 1.14%). Across the 18 metrics below, Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. leads on 12 and Kearny Financial on 6.

Valuation

Metric BWFG KRNY Banks Regional median
P/E 12.23 15.57 12.02
P/S 2.48 1.64 2.36
P/B 1.65 0.75 1.23
Price to free cash flow 14.97 12.12 10.60
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 8.17% 6.42% 8.21%
Free cash flow yield 6.68% 8.25% 9.23%

Profitability

Metric BWFG KRNY Banks Regional median
Gross margin 57.91% 51.65% 69.81%
Operating margin 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Net margin 20.19% 10.57% 18.82%
Free cash flow margin 16.57% 13.08% 17.97%
Return on equity 14.31% 4.88% 10.28%
Return on assets 1.32% 0.48% 1.13%
Return on invested capital 14.09% 4.70% 8.45%

Growth

Metric BWFG KRNY Banks Regional median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.69% 1.22% 6.37%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 280.34% 35.71% 18.85%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 20.91% 6.02% 12.65%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 43.03% (10.52%) 9.81%

Health

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

Dividend

Metric BWFG KRNY Banks Regional median
Dividend yield 1.14% 4.87% 2.49%
Payout ratio 0.14 0.76 0.29

Size

Metric BWFG KRNY Banks Regional median
Market cap 559.88m 586.31m 934.85m

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