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Finward Bancorp

FNWD

33.200USD

-0.230-0.69%

Close 11/06, 16:00（ET）Quotes delayed by 15 min

143.59MMarket Cap

17.50P/E TTM

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Finward Bancorp

33.200

-0.230-0.69%

Overview Company Financials Analysis

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

Overview

Company

Financials

Analysis

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score of Finward Bancorp

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-06

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively stable. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Buy. The company is performing well in the stock market, with strong fundamentals and technicals supporting the current trend. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Finward Bancorp's Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking

104 / 407

Overall Ranking

177 / 4615

Industry

Banking Services

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score

Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 2 analysts

Buy

Current Rating

34.000

Target Price

+1.71%

Upside Space

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Finward Bancorp Highlights

StrengthsRisks

Finward Bancorp is the holding company for Peoples Bank, an Indiana-chartered commercial bank (the Bank). The Bank is primarily engaged in the business of attracting deposits from the general public and the origination of loans, mostly upon the security of single family residences and commercial real estate, as well as, construction loans and various types of consumer loans, commercial business loans and municipal loans, within its primary market areas of Lake and Porter Counties, in Northwest Indiana, and Cook County, Illinois. The Company offers consumer loans to individuals for personal, household or family purposes. Consumer loans are either secured by adequate collateral, or unsecured. In addition, the Company's Wealth Management Group provides estate and retirement planning, custodial services, guardianships, IRA accounts, investment agency accounts, serves as the personal representative of estates, and acts as corporate trustee for revocable and irrevocable trusts.

Growing

The company is in a growing phase, with the latest annual income totaling USD 57.22M.

High Dividend

The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 17.06%.

Stable Dividend

The company has regularly paid dividends over the past 5 years, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 17.06%.

Overvalued

The company’s latest PB is 0.93, at a high 3-year percentile range.

Institutional Buying

The latest institutional holdings are 1.81M shares, increasing 9.67% quarter-over-quarter.

Held by James Simons

Star Investor James Simons holds 18.70K shares of this stock.

Higher Market Activity

The company has more investor interest, with a 20-day turnover ratio of 3.90.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-06

The company's current financial score is 7.57, which is higher than the Banking Services industry's average of 7.05. Its financial status is weak, and its operating efficiency is high. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 16.93M, representing a year-over-year increase of 16.45%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year increase of 477.06%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

7.57

Change

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Financials

4.43

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Total liabilities

Free cash flow

No Data

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Quality of Earnings

10.00

Key Metrics

Total revenue

Operating profit

Total assets

SG&A

No Data

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Operational Efficiency

9.10

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Income after tax

No Data

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Growth Potential

5.21

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Total revenue

No Data

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Shareholder Returns

9.09

Key Metrics

Free cash flow

No Data

Finward Bancorp's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-06

The company’s current valuation score is 8.32, which is higher than the Banking Services industry's average of 7.67. Its current P/E ratio is 17.27, which is 132.21% below the recent high of 40.09 and 66.74% above the recent low of 5.74.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

8.32

Change

Valuation Dimensions

P/E

P/B

P/S

P/CF

Industry Ranking 104/407

No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-06

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 8.00, which is higher than the Banking Services industry's average of 7.41. The average price target for Finward Bancorp is 34.00, with a high of 38.00 and a low of 30.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

8.00

Change

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 2 analysts

Buy

Current Rating

34.000

Target Price

+1.71%

Upside Space

Strong Buy

Buy

Hold

Sell

Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

295

Total

Median

Average

Company name

Ratings

Analysts

Finward Bancorp

FNWD

JPMorgan Chase & Co

JPM

Bank of America Corp

BAC

Wells Fargo & Co

WFC

Regions Financial Corp

US Bancorp

USB

...

Financial Forecasting

EPS

Revenue

Net Profit

EBIT

No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-06

The company’s current price momentum score is 7.34, which is lower than the Banking Services industry's average of 7.43. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 35.69 and the support level at 30.67, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

7.42

Change

-0.08

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

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The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators

Sell(3)

Neutral(3)

Buy(0)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MACD(12,26,9)

-0.013

Neutral

RSI(14)

52.066

Neutral

STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)

33.322

Sell

ATR(14)

1.384

High Vlolatility

CCI(14)

-28.256

Neutral

Williams %R

65.339

Sell

TRIX(12,20)

0.282

Sell

StochRSI(14)

0.000

Oversold

Moving Average

Sell(2)

Neutral(0)

Buy(4)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MA5

34.020

Sell

MA10

33.737

Sell

MA20

33.010

Buy

MA50

32.415

Buy

MA100

30.367

Buy

MA200

29.535

Buy

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-06

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 3.00, which is lower than the Banking Services industry's average of 5.27. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 41.94%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 29.07%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 195.83K shares, representing 4.53% of shares outstanding, with 16.10% increase in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

3.00

Change

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name

Shares Held

Chg %

Bochnowski (Benjamin J.)

399.87K

+0.09%

PL Capital, LLC

395.72K

AllianceBernstein L.P.

352.67K

-0.43%

Bochnowski (David A)

334.00K

+3.76%

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

Star Investors

195.83K

+16.36%

Finward Bancorp

141.41K

-0.19%

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.

114.02K

+487.84%

Endeavour Capital Advisors Inc.

99.54K

Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.

81.67K

+99.72%

Fourthstone LLC

54.93K

-35.69%

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-06

The company’s current risk assessment score is 5.17, which is lower than the Banking Services industry's average of 6.61. The company's beta value is 0.35. This indicates that the stock tends to underperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences smaller declines during downward trending markets.