MBIN vs. OFG, GWB, RBCAA, GABC, CARO, WAL, BPOP, WTFC, PB, and SSB
Should you be buying Merchants Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Merchants Bancorp include OFG Bancorp (OFG), Great Western Bancorp (GWB), Republic Bancorp (RBCAA), German American Bancorp (GABC), Carolina Financial (CARO), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Popular (BPOP), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), and SouthState (SSB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Merchants Bancorp (NASDAQ:MBIN) and OFG Bancorp (NYSE:OFG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
OFG Bancorp received 83 more outperform votes than Merchants Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.15% of users gave OFG Bancorp an outperform vote while only 64.65% of users gave Merchants Bancorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Merchants Bancorp and Merchants Bancorp both had 1 articles in the media. Merchants Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat OFG Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Merchants Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Merchants Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. OFG Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Merchants Bancorp pays out 5.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OFG Bancorp pays out 25.6% 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.
Merchants Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than OFG Bancorp. Merchants Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OFG Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Merchants Bancorp has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OFG Bancorp has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Merchants Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $55.50, indicating a potential upside of 39.10%. OFG Bancorp has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.77%. Given Merchants Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Merchants Bancorp is more favorable than OFG Bancorp.
Merchants Bancorp has a net margin of 23.55% compared to OFG Bancorp's net margin of 23.00%. Merchants Bancorp's return on equity of 26.65% beat OFG Bancorp's return on equity.
24.6% of Merchants Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of OFG Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.7% of Merchants Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of OFG Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Merchants Bancorp beats OFG Bancorp on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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