BRBS vs. MBIN, HIVE, BFC, CNOB, QCRH, BY, WYFI, GHLD, BTBT, and TFIN
Should you be buying Blue Ridge Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blue Ridge Bankshares include Merchants Bancorp (MBIN), HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE), Bank First National (BFC), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), QCR (QCRH), Byline Bancorp (BY), WhiteFiber (WYFI), Guild (GHLD), Bit Digital (BTBT), and Triumph Financial (TFIN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Blue Ridge Bankshares vs. Its Competitors
Blue Ridge Bankshares (NASDAQ:BRBS) and Merchants Bancorp (NASDAQ:MBIN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and institutional ownership.
Merchants Bancorp has a net margin of 18.06% compared to Blue Ridge Bankshares' net margin of -8.84%. Merchants Bancorp's return on equity of 16.06% beat Blue Ridge Bankshares' return on equity.
Merchants Bancorp has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.42%. Given Merchants Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Merchants Bancorp is more favorable than Blue Ridge Bankshares.
50.5% of Blue Ridge Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.6% of Merchants Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Blue Ridge Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.8% of Merchants Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Blue Ridge Bankshares has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Merchants Bancorp has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Merchants Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Blue Ridge Bankshares. Blue Ridge Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Merchants Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Merchants Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Blue Ridge Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Merchants Bancorp and 1 mentions for Blue Ridge Bankshares. Merchants Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Blue Ridge Bankshares' score of 0.67 indicating that Merchants Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Blue Ridge Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. Merchants Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Blue Ridge Bankshares pays out -2,450.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Merchants Bancorp pays out 8.8% 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. Blue Ridge Bankshares has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Merchants Bancorp has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Blue Ridge Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Merchants Bancorp beats Blue Ridge Bankshares on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BRBS) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
