Compare Stocks: HWBK, HBNC, MBWM, and EQBK

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Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
EQBK Equity Bancshares	$51.00 +0.1%	$48.74	$36.31 ▼ $52.27	$1.05B	0.77	134,935 shs	53,010 shs
HBNC Horizon Bancorp (IN)	$20.42	$19.80	$14.84 ▼ $21.04	$1.05B	0.82	669,002 shs	641,326 shs
HWBK Hawthorn Bancshares	$40.31	$38.25	$28.58 ▼ $40.58	$278.00M	0.45	15,751 shs	12,410 shs
MBWM Mercantile Bank	$60.70	$56.77	$42.75 ▼ $62.39	$1.05B	0.79	151,736 shs	177,481 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
EQBK Equity Bancshares	0.00%	+0.76%	+6.61%	+12.82%	+37.21%
HBNC Horizon Bancorp (IN)	0.00%	-0.15%	+4.29%	+12.63%	+34.17%
HWBK Hawthorn Bancshares	0.00%	+3.39%	+3.44%	+10.96%	+39.97%
MBWM Mercantile Bank	0.00%	+1.03%	+6.45%	+18.55%	+36.31%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
EQBK Equity Bancshares	$51.00 +0.1%	$48.74	$36.31 ▼ $52.27	$1.05B	0.77	134,935 shs	53,010 shs
HBNC Horizon Bancorp (IN)	$20.42	$19.80	$14.84 ▼ $21.04	$1.05B	0.82	669,002 shs	641,326 shs
HWBK Hawthorn Bancshares	$40.31	$38.25	$28.58 ▼ $40.58	$278.00M	0.45	15,751 shs	12,410 shs
MBWM Mercantile Bank	$60.70	$56.77	$42.75 ▼ $62.39	$1.05B	0.79	151,736 shs	177,481 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
EQBK Equity Bancshares	0.00%	+0.76%	+6.61%	+12.82%	+37.21%
HBNC Horizon Bancorp (IN)	0.00%	-0.15%	+4.29%	+12.63%	+34.17%
HWBK Hawthorn Bancshares	0.00%	+3.39%	+3.44%	+10.96%	+39.97%
MBWM Mercantile Bank	0.00%	+1.03%	+6.45%	+18.55%	+36.31%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
EQBK Equity Bancshares	2.56	Moderate Buy	$54.17	6.21% Upside
HBNC Horizon Bancorp (IN)	2.40	Hold	$22.33	9.37% Upside
HWBK Hawthorn Bancshares	3.00	Buy	N/A	N/A
MBWM Mercantile Bank	2.43	Hold	$60.40	-0.49% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest HWBK, HBNC, MBWM, and EQBK Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/6/2026	HBNC Horizon Bancorp (IN)	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C-) ➝ Hold (C)
7/28/2026	EQBK Equity Bancshares	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C+)
7/24/2026	HBNC Horizon Bancorp (IN)	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$21.00 ➝ $23.00
7/24/2026	HBNC Horizon Bancorp (IN)	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$21.00 ➝ $23.00
7/22/2026	MBWM Mercantile Bank	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$65.00
7/22/2026	MBWM Mercantile Bank	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral
7/22/2026	MBWM Mercantile Bank	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$60.00 ➝ $64.00
7/22/2026	MBWM Mercantile Bank	Hovde Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform	$62.00
7/21/2026	HBNC Horizon Bancorp (IN)	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C-)
7/16/2026	EQBK Equity Bancshares	Stephens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$58.00 ➝ $59.00
7/13/2026	EQBK Equity Bancshares	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Hold (C)

(Data available from 8/10/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
EQBK Equity Bancshares	$367.98M	2.86	$4.65 per share	10.96	$38.62 per share	1.32
HBNC Horizon Bancorp (IN)	$405.46M	2.59	$1.97 per share	10.39	$13.44 per share	1.52
HWBK Hawthorn Bancshares	$84.99M	3.27	$3.83 per share	10.52	$25.26 per share	1.60
MBWM Mercantile Bank	$371.80M	2.82	$5.50 per share	11.03	$42.19 per share	1.44

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
EQBK Equity Bancshares	$22.73M	$1.67	30.54	9.77	N/A	8.26%	13.67%	1.51%	10/13/2026 (Estimated)
HBNC Horizon Bancorp (IN)	-$150.48M	-$3.16	N/A	9.28	N/A	-36.38%	13.52%	1.40%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)
HWBK Hawthorn Bancshares	$23.80M	$3.82	10.55	N/A	N/A	22.77%	15.40%	1.39%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)
MBWM Mercantile Bank	$88.75M	$5.68	10.69	10.47	N/A	24.75%	13.66%	1.46%	10/20/2026 (Estimated)

Latest HWBK, HBNC, MBWM, and EQBK Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/29/2026	Q2 2026	HWBK Hawthorn Bancshares	N/A	$1.06	N/A	$1.06	N/A	$22.92 million
7/22/2026	Q2 2026	HBNC Horizon Bancorp (IN)	$0.51	$0.49	-$0.02	$0.49	$76.56 million	$75.50 million
7/21/2026	Q2 2026	MBWM Mercantile Bank	$1.32	$1.53	+$0.21	$1.50	$68.81 million	$68.76 million
7/14/2026	Q2 2026	EQBK Equity Bancshares	$1.24	$1.41	+$0.17	$1.27	$85.10 million	$81.93 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
EQBK Equity Bancshares	$0.72	1.41%	N/A	43.11%	3 Years
HBNC Horizon Bancorp (IN)	$0.64	3.13%	+5.92%	N/A	N/A
HWBK Hawthorn Bancshares	$0.84	2.08%	+12.94%	21.99%	5 Years
MBWM Mercantile Bank	$1.60	2.64%	+6.02%	28.17%	14 Years

Latest HWBK, HBNC, MBWM, and EQBK Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/29/2026	HWBK Hawthorn Bancshares	quarterly	$0.21	2.17%	9/15/2026	9/15/2026	10/1/2026
7/16/2026	MBWM Mercantile Bank	quarterly	$0.40	2.68%	9/4/2026	9/4/2026	9/16/2026
6/16/2026	HBNC Horizon Bancorp (IN)	quarterly	$0.16	3.24%	7/2/2026	7/3/2026	7/17/2026
5/20/2026	EQBK Equity Bancshares	quarterly	$0.18	1.47%	6/30/2026	6/30/2026	7/15/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
EQBK Equity Bancshares	0.55	0.93	0.93
HBNC Horizon Bancorp (IN)	0.22	0.91	0.90
HWBK Hawthorn Bancshares	0.82	1.02	1.02
MBWM Mercantile Bank	0.59	0.93	0.93

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Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
EQBK Equity Bancshares	71.80%
HBNC Horizon Bancorp (IN)	64.51%
HWBK Hawthorn Bancshares	30.73%
MBWM Mercantile Bank	58.63%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
EQBK Equity Bancshares	14.50%
HBNC Horizon Bancorp (IN)	1.19%
HWBK Hawthorn Bancshares	22.90%
MBWM Mercantile Bank	2.50%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
EQBK Equity Bancshares	700	20.64 million	17.65 million	N/A
HBNC Horizon Bancorp (IN)	910	51.33 million	50.72 million	Optionable
HWBK Hawthorn Bancshares	310	6.90 million	5.32 million	Not Optionable
MBWM Mercantile Bank	670	17.29 million	16.85 million	Optionable

HWBK, HBNC, MBWM, and EQBK Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Mercantile Bank (NASDAQ:MBWM) Shares Pass Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average - Here's What Happened

August 7 at 4:59 AM | marketbeat.com

Earnings Beat And Higher Dividend Could Be A Game Changer For Mercantile Bank (MBWM)

July 31, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Mercantile Bank Corporation (NASDAQ:MBWM) Receives Consensus Rating of "Hold" from Brokerages

July 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Posts Q1 FY 2026-27 Earnings Call Transcript for Investors

July 30, 2026 | tipranks.com

Renaissance Technologies LLC Sells 24,000 Shares of Mercantile Bank Corporation $MBWM

July 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Mercantile Bank (NASDAQ:MBWM) Sets New 52-Week High - What's Next?

July 28, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Q1 profit jumps 35% on strong income growth

July 27, 2026 | economictimes.indiatimes.com

Mercantile Bank Corporation 2026 Q2 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation

July 24, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Mercantile Bank (NASDAQ:MBWM) Stock Price Expected to Rise, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Analyst Says

July 22, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Mercantile Bank projects 5% to 7% annualized quarterly loan growth in 2026 while forecasting higher net interest margin in 2H

July 22, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Mercantile Bank Corp (MBWM) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Strong Financial Performance and ...

July 22, 2026 | uk.finance.yahoo.com

Mercantile Bank: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

July 22, 2026 | chron.com

Mercantile Bank (MBWM) Looks Fully Valued Following Stronger 2026 Earnings

July 22, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Mercantile Bank (NASDAQ:MBWM) Lowered to Market Perform Rating by Hovde Group

July 22, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Mercantile Bank (NASDAQ:MBWM) Reaches New 52-Week High After Better-Than-Expected Earnings

July 22, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Mercantile Bank Earnings Call Highlights Profitable Growth

July 21, 2026 | tipranks.com

Mercantile Bank Corporation (MBWM) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

July 21, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Mercantile Bank Q2 Earnings Call Highlights

July 21, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Compared to Estimates, Mercantile Bank (MBWM) Q2 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics

July 21, 2026 | zacks.com

Mercantile Bank posts strong second-quarter 2026 results

July 21, 2026 | tipranks.com

Mercantile Bank (NASDAQ:MBWM) Posts Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.19 EPS

July 21, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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HWBK, HBNC, MBWM, and EQBK Company Descriptions

Equity Bancshares NYSE:EQBK

$51.00 +0.06 (+0.12%)

Closing price 08/7/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$50.94 -0.06 (-0.12%)

As of 08/7/2026 04:27 PM Eastern

Equity Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Equity Bank that provides a range of banking, mortgage banking, and financial services to individual and corporate customers. The company accepts various demand, savings, money market, and time deposits. Its loan products include commercial and industrial, commercial real estate-backed, commercial lines of credit, working capital, term, equipment financing, acquisition, expansion and development, borrowing base, real estate construction, homebuilder, agricultural, government guaranteed, and other loan products to national and regional companies, restaurant franchisees, hoteliers, real estate developers, manufacturing and industrial companies, agribusiness companies, and other businesses. The company's loan products also comprise various consumer loans to individuals and professionals, including residential real estate loans, home equity loans and lines of credit, installment loans, unsecured and secured personal lines of credit, overdraft protection, and letters of credit. It also provides debit cards; online banking solutions, such as access to account balances, online transfers, online bill payment, and electronic delivery of customer statements; mobile banking solutions comprising remote check deposits with mobile bill pay; ATMs; and treasury management, wire transfer, automated clearing house, and stop payment services. In addition, the company offers cash management deposit products, such as lockbox, remote deposit capture, positive pay, reverse positive pay, account reconciliation services, zero balance accounts, and sweep accounts, as well as banking services through telephone, mail, and personal appointments. As of December 31, 2021, it operated a network of 69 branches in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Wichita, Kansas.

Horizon Bancorp (IN) NASDAQ:HBNC

$20.42 0.00 (0.00%)

Closing price 08/7/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$20.42 +0.00 (+0.02%)

As of 08/7/2026 07:34 PM Eastern

Horizon Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Horizon Bank that engages in the provision of commercial and retail banking services. The company offers checking, saving, money market, certificate of deposits, individual retirement accounts, and time deposits, as well as non-interest- and interest-bearing demand deposits. It also provides commercial, residential real estate, mortgage, home equity, auto, personal, business, agricultural, and SBA loans, as well as credit cards. In addition, the company offers corporate and individual trust and agency, investment management, and real estate investment trust services; debit cards; treasury management; online and mobile banking; wealth, retirement, and estate and trust services; and sells various insurance products. It operates through full-service offices in northern and central Indiana and southern and central Michigan. Horizon Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1873 and is headquartered in Michigan City, Indiana.

Hawthorn Bancshares NASDAQ:HWBK

$40.31 0.00 (0.00%)

Closing price 08/7/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$40.27 -0.04 (-0.10%)

As of 08/7/2026 07:34 PM Eastern

Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Hawthorn Bank that provides various banking services in the United States. It accepts checking, savings, money market, individual retirement, and other time deposit accounts, as well as certificates of deposit. The company also offers commercial and industrial, single payment personal, installment, commercial and residential real estate, and consumer loans, as well as equipment, operating, and small business administration loans; and debit and credit cards. In addition, it provides trust services that include estate planning, investment, and asset management services; and cash management, safety deposit box, brokerage, and Internet banking services. Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Jefferson City, Missouri.

Mercantile Bank NASDAQ:MBWM

$60.70 0.00 (0.00%)

Closing price 08/7/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$60.66 -0.05 (-0.07%)

As of 08/7/2026 07:34 PM Eastern

Mercantile Bank Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Mercantile Bank of Michigan that provides commercial and retail banking services to small- to medium-sized businesses and individuals in the United States. It accepts various deposit products, including checking, savings, and term certificate accounts; time deposits; and certificates of deposit. The company also provides commercial and industrial loans; vacant land, land development, and residential construction loans; owner and non-owner occupied real estate loans; multi-family and residential rental property loans; single-family residential real estate loans; home equity line of credit programs; and consumer loans, such as new and used automobile and boat loans, and credit cards, as well as overdraft protection services; and residential mortgage and instalment loans. In addition, it offers courier services and safe deposit facilities; and insurance products, such as private passenger automobile, homeowners, personal inland marine, boat owners, recreational vehicle, dwelling fire, umbrella policies, small business, and life insurance products. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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