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Finward

NAQ:FNWD US31812F1093
24
  • Value
    59
  • Growth
    31
  • Safety
    Safety
    49
  • Combined
    37
  • Sentiment
    23
  • 360° View
    360° View
    24
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Company Description

Finward Bancorp is a financial holding company for Peoples Bank, an Indiana-chartered commercial bank (the Bank). The Bank provides a range of personal, business, electronic and wealth management financial services from its 26 locations in Lake and Porter Counties in Northwest Indiana and Chicagoland. 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. In addition, its Wealth Management Group provides estate and retirement planning, guardianships, land trusts, profit sharing and 401(k) retirement plans, IRA and Keogh accounts, investment agency accounts, and serves as the personal representative of estates and acts as trustee for revocable and irrevocable trusts.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 24 (better than 24% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Finward are critical, mostly below average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with three out of four indicators below average for Finward. Only the consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 59, which means that the share price of Finward is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is lower than for 59% of alternative stocks in the same industry. All other consolidated ranks are below average. The consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 31, which means that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 49, meaning the company has a riskier financing structure than 51% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. Finally, professionals are more pessimistic about the stock than for 77% of alternative investment opportunities, reflected in the consolidated Sentiment Rank of 23. ...read more

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Strongest Rank Profit Growth
Weakest Rank Price vs. Sales (P/S)
Country USA
Industry Regional Banks
Size X-Small
Website investorrelations.ibankpeoples.com
Index
NASDAQ
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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 19-Mar-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
59 41 74 99
Growth
31 9 1 81
Safety
Safety
49 23 8 51
Sentiment
23 33 36 34
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24 1 4 91
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
64 93 100 100
Opinions Change
50 50 50 2
Pro Holdings
n/a 1 14 45
Market Pulse
17 30 11 16
Sentiment
23 33 36 34
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
59 41 74 99
Growth
31 9 1 81
Safety Safety
49 23 8 51
Combined
37 1 6 100
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
88 95 97 82
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
6 1 5 93
Price vs. Book (P/B)
80 89 73 84
Dividend Yield
45 14 90 71
Value
59 41 74 99
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
61 59 19 80
Profit Growth
1 1 6 92
Capital Growth
36 30 29 71
Stock Returns
74 23 9 11
Growth
31 9 1 81
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
66 84 21 40
Refinancing
87 10 10 57
Liquidity
7 36 55 53
Safety Safety
49 23 8 51

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The only strength is good value. All other factors (growth, safety, and sentiment) are below average. This stock is highly sensitive to a crisis and is not advisable. Avoid unless you have solid, independent reasons to believe a significant turnaround is imminent.

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The 360° View Rank indicates a company's overall performance across all major financial and non-financial metrics tracked by Obermatt. A 360° View Rank of 75 means the company is more well-rounded than 75% of similar companies. A high score indicates that the company is strong across the board; it is attractively priced, growing sustainably, financially stable, and well-regarded by the market. Learn more.

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