RBCAA vs. MBIN, OFG, GABC, CARO, CNOB, SNV, ONB, FNB, HOMB, and UBSI
Should you be buying Republic Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Republic Bancorp include Merchants Bancorp (MBIN), OFG Bancorp (OFG), German American Bancorp (GABC), Carolina Financial (CARO), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Synovus Financial (SNV), Old National Bancorp (ONB), F.N.B. (FNB), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), and United Bankshares (UBSI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Merchants Bancorp (NASDAQ:MBIN) and Republic Bancorp (NASDAQ:RBCAA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Merchants Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Republic Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Merchants Bancorp pays out 5.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Republic Bancorp pays out 34.2% 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 increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Republic Bancorp has increased its dividend for 26 consecutive years. Republic Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Merchants Bancorp has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Republic Bancorp has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Merchants Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $55.50, suggesting a potential upside of 38.16%. Given Republic Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Merchants Bancorp is more favorable than Republic Bancorp.
24.6% of Merchants Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of Republic Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.7% of Merchants Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.5% of Republic Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Merchants Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Republic Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Merchants Bancorp and 0 mentions for Republic Bancorp. Republic Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Merchants Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Merchants Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Merchants Bancorp has a net margin of 23.55% compared to Merchants Bancorp's net margin of 20.27%. Republic Bancorp's return on equity of 26.65% beat Merchants Bancorp's return on equity.
Merchants Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Republic Bancorp. Merchants Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Republic Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Merchants Bancorp received 37 more outperform votes than Republic Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.65% of users gave Merchants Bancorp an outperform vote while only 57.64% of users gave Republic Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
Merchants Bancorp beats Republic Bancorp on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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