FNWD — Finward Bancorp

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About Finward Bancorp

Finward Bancorp operates as the holding company for Peoples Bank that provides various banking products and services. The company's deposit products include non-interest- and interest-bearing demand accounts, savings accounts, money market deposit accounts, certificate accounts, and retirement savings plans. Its loan portfolio comprises residential mortgage loans that enable borrowers to purchase existing homes, refinance existing homes, or const… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$32.73
Market Cap$146M
Float3.4M
Shares Outstanding4.3M
P/E (Forward)12.45
P/E (TTM)14.76
Price/Sales (TTM)2.13
vs. Analyst Target+17.6% to analyst PT
Profit Margin14.40%
Operating Margin (TTM)17.47%
Revenue (TTM)$68.6M
Earnings Growth (YoY)387.70%
Dividend Rate0.5%
Analyst Target Price$38.50 (2 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $69.8M $15.9M $60.3M $21.9M
2021 $66.6M $15.0M $63.0M $20.9M
2022 $83.5M $15.1M $78.7M $22.5M
2023 $96.5M $8.4M $63.3M $15.2M
2024 $112M $12.1M $71.6M $20.7M
2025 $101M $8.1M $66.2M $8.1M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Jun 2025 $25.4M $2.2M
Sep 2025 $26.3M $3.5M
Dec 2025 $24.9M $2.0M
Mar 2026 $25.1M $2.2M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership21.7%
Institutional Ownership49.1%
Short Float4.7%
% of All Funds Holding0.85%
Number of Funds Holding70

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$33.52Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$34.98Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$31.89Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$29.44Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$34.77Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$31.80Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$28.50Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$38.00 resistance 1.08x 4 months ago
$27.60 support 3.24x 8 months ago
$27.00 support 1.36x 13 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (61 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap -0.05% 0.00% 27.87% 4.74% -4.31%
1 Day -0.16% 0.00% 29.51% 4.10% -6.99%
1 Week 0.05% 0.00% 42.62% 9.09% -6.72%
2 Weeks 0.37% 0.00% 42.62% 33.80% -12.39%
1 Month 0.11% 0.03% 50.00% 32.04% -23.48%

Next earnings: July 28, 2026 (61 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan0.8%50.0%28
Feb1.0%50.0%28
Mar-1.5%39.3%28
Apr0.4%53.6%28
May-1.5%37.0%27
Jun-0.3%32.1%28
Jul1.4%60.7%28
Aug-0.5%39.3%28
Sep1.1%57.1%28
Oct-0.1%46.4%28
Nov0.9%53.6%28
Dec1.4%67.9%28

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.03% 18.2% 1322
Tuesday -0.01% 19.6% 1447
Wednesday 0.05% 20.5% 1446
Thursday 0.02% 19.9% 1419
Friday 0.06% 20.4% 1412

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 49.1%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 21.7%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings8
Net Value+$31,991.959
Net Shares Change2,646
% of Float0.1%
C-Suite Filings8
Clusters Detected2

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Schmitt Benjamin Louis Chief Financial Officer +$14,492.5 1 1 buy
Bochnowski Benjamin J President, CEO +$11,079.736 3 3 buy
Lowry Robert T Executive Vice President +$3,628.498 2 2 buy
Scheub Todd M. Executive Vice President +$2,791.224 2 2 buy

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
2026-02-27 – 2026-02-27 3 3 +$3,426.661 3 C-suite
2026-04-01 – 2026-04-01 3 3 +$3,437.785 3 C-suite

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-04-01 Scheub Todd M. Executive Vice President +$1,397.873 Transaction at $36.50, now -10.3%
2026-04-01 Lowry Robert T Executive Vice President +$1,817.189 Transaction at $36.50, now -10.3%
2026-04-01 Bochnowski Benjamin J President, CEO +$222.723 Transaction at $36.50, now -10.3%
2026-02-27 Scheub Todd M. Executive Vice President +$1,393.351 Transaction at $35.56, now -8.0%
2026-02-27 Lowry Robert T Executive Vice President +$1,811.309 Transaction at $35.56, now -8.0%
2026-02-27 Bochnowski Benjamin J President, CEO +$222.001 Transaction at $35.56, now -8.0%

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