FMAO vs. NRIM, SBT, WSBF, CVLY, KRNY, PDLB, NFBK, BCBP, FGBI, and WNEB
Should you be buying Farmers & Merchants Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp include Northrim BanCorp (NRIM), Sterling Bancorp (SBT), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), Codorus Valley Bancorp (CVLY), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Ponce Financial Group (PDLB), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), BCB Bancorp (BCBP), First Guaranty Bancshares (FGBI), and Western New England Bancorp (WNEB). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
Northrim BanCorp (NASDAQ:NRIM) and Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (NASDAQ:FMAO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Farmers & Merchants Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than Northrim BanCorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Farmers & Merchants Bancorp and 1 mentions for Northrim BanCorp. Northrim BanCorp's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Farmers & Merchants Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp has a consensus target price of $23.17, suggesting a potential upside of 6.32%. Given Northrim BanCorp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Farmers & Merchants Bancorp is more favorable than Northrim BanCorp.
Northrim BanCorp has a net margin of 17.19% compared to Northrim BanCorp's net margin of 13.34%. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's return on equity of 12.66% beat Northrim BanCorp's return on equity.
Northrim BanCorp has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Farmers & Merchants Bancorp has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
66.0% of Northrim BanCorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.0% of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Northrim BanCorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Northrim BanCorp has higher revenue and earnings than Farmers & Merchants Bancorp. Northrim BanCorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Northrim BanCorp pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Northrim BanCorp pays out 47.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp pays out 55.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Northrim BanCorp has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Farmers & Merchants Bancorp has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years. Northrim BanCorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Northrim BanCorp received 9 more outperform votes than Farmers & Merchants Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.21% of users gave Northrim BanCorp an outperform vote while only 57.96% of users gave Farmers & Merchants Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
Northrim BanCorp beats Farmers & Merchants Bancorp on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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