MBWM vs. HBT, MCBS, FCBC, CNBKA, BFST, CBU, BOH, CVBF, SFNC, and BKU
Should you be buying Mercantile Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercantile Bank include HBT Financial (HBT), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), Century Bancorp (CNBKA), Business First Bancshares (BFST), Community Bank System (CBU), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), CVB Financial (CVBF), Simmons First National (SFNC), and BankUnited (BKU). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
HBT Financial (NASDAQ:HBT) and Mercantile Bank (NASDAQ:MBWM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, HBT Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Mercantile Bank. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for HBT Financial and 5 mentions for Mercantile Bank. Mercantile Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat HBT Financial's score of 1.40 indicating that HBT Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mercantile Bank has higher revenue and earnings than HBT Financial. Mercantile Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HBT Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
78.6% of HBT Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of Mercantile Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 59.8% of HBT Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Mercantile Bank shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Mercantile Bank received 284 more outperform votes than HBT Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.86% of users gave Mercantile Bank an outperform vote while only 44.64% of users gave HBT Financial an outperform vote.
HBT Financial presently has a consensus target price of $22.17, suggesting a potential upside of 16.36%. Mercantile Bank has a consensus target price of $47.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.89%. Given HBT Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mercantile Bank is more favorable than HBT Financial.
HBT Financial has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercantile Bank has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
HBT Financial has a net margin of 26.29% compared to HBT Financial's net margin of 25.58%. HBT Financial's return on equity of 16.39% beat Mercantile Bank's return on equity.
HBT Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Mercantile Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. HBT Financial pays out 33.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mercantile Bank pays out 27.1% 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.
Summary
Mercantile Bank beats HBT Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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