MCBS vs. MBWM, HBT, CFB, GSBC, EGBN, FCBC, OSBC, UVSP, CPF, and IBCP
Should you be buying MetroCity Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MetroCity Bankshares include Mercantile Bank (MBWM), HBT Financial (HBT), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), Univest Financial (UVSP), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), and Independent Bank (IBCP). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Mercantile Bank (NASDAQ:MBWM) and MetroCity Bankshares (NASDAQ:MCBS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
Mercantile Bank has a net margin of 25.58% compared to Mercantile Bank's net margin of 23.26%. MetroCity Bankshares' return on equity of 16.74% beat Mercantile Bank's return on equity.
Mercantile Bank presently has a consensus target price of $47.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.81%. MetroCity Bankshares has a consensus target price of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.09%. Given MetroCity Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Mercantile Bank is more favorable than MetroCity Bankshares.
In the previous week, Mercantile Bank had 4 more articles in the media than MetroCity Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Mercantile Bank and 0 mentions for MetroCity Bankshares. Mercantile Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat MetroCity Bankshares' score of -0.24 indicating that MetroCity Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mercantile Bank has higher revenue and earnings than MetroCity Bankshares. Mercantile Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MetroCity Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mercantile Bank received 291 more outperform votes than MetroCity Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.97% of users gave Mercantile Bank an outperform vote while only 47.37% of users gave MetroCity Bankshares an outperform vote.
Mercantile Bank has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MetroCity Bankshares has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mercantile Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. MetroCity Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Mercantile Bank pays out 27.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MetroCity Bankshares pays out 40.6% 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. Mercantile Bank has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and MetroCity Bankshares has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Mercantile Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
58.6% of Mercantile Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.3% of MetroCity Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Mercantile Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.5% of MetroCity Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Mercantile Bank beats MetroCity Bankshares on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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