Arrow Financial (NASDAQ:AROW – Get Rating) and Northwest Bancshares (NASDAQ:NWBI – Get Rating) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings and valuation.
Institutional and Insider Ownership 43.8% of Arrow Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.2% of Northwest Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors.