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FMAO vs. FBIZ, OBK, SHBI, STEL, UVSP, TFIN, BY, QCRH, BFC, and GHLD

Should you be buying Farmers & Merchants Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp include First Business Financial Services (FBIZ), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), Stellarone (STEL), Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (UVSP), Triumph Financial (TFIN), Byline Bancorp (BY), QCR (QCRH), Bank First National (BFC), and Guild (GHLD). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

First Business Financial Services (NASDAQ:FBIZ) and Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (NASDAQ:FMAO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

First Business Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than Farmers & Merchants Bancorp. First Business Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
First Business Financial Services$262.38M1.54$44.24M$5.508.83
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp$179.19M1.97$25.94M$2.0212.76

First Business Financial Services has a net margin of 17.59% compared to Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's net margin of 15.15%. First Business Financial Services' return on equity of 14.44% beat Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Business Financial Services17.59% 14.44% 1.18%
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp 15.15%8.23%0.82%

In the previous week, First Business Financial Services had 6 more articles in the media than Farmers & Merchants Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for First Business Financial Services and 2 mentions for Farmers & Merchants Bancorp. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat First Business Financial Services' score of 0.78 indicating that Farmers & Merchants Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First Business Financial Services
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

First Business Financial Services currently has a consensus price target of $57.25, suggesting a potential upside of 17.82%. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.89%. Given First Business Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe First Business Financial Services is more favorable than Farmers & Merchants Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First Business Financial Services
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

60.1% of First Business Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.0% of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of First Business Financial Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

First Business Financial Services has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Farmers & Merchants Bancorp has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

First Business Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. First Business Financial Services pays out 21.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp pays out 43.6% 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. First Business Financial Services has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Farmers & Merchants Bancorp has increased its dividend for 19 consecutive years. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

First Business Financial Services beats Farmers & Merchants Bancorp on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FMAO vs. The Competition

MetricFarmers & Merchants BancorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$355.09M$878.08M$12.29B$9.51B
Dividend Yield3.42%3.16%5.55%4.01%
P/E Ratio12.7616.6819.0320.05
Price / Sales1.972.0326.0199.42
Price / Cash11.5048.6121.6358.56
Price / Book1.051.112.205.87
Net Income$25.94M$54.19M$997.25M$258.55M
7 Day Performance-0.66%-0.83%0.89%2.23%
1 Month Performance4.80%4.92%4.37%12.76%
1 Year Performance-8.65%9.94%540.78%19.36%

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FMAO
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp
2.9207 of 5 stars
$25.77
-0.5%
$26.00
+0.9%
-5.1%$355.09M$179.19M12.76430
FBIZ
First Business Financial Services
4.7892 of 5 stars
$53.81
+0.2%
$57.25
+6.4%
+21.2%$446.80M$262.38M9.78340Trending News
Earnings Report
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.4421 of 5 stars
$37.87
-0.7%
$42.20
+11.4%
+3.6%$1.19B$358.20M15.391,010News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
SHBI
Shore Bancshares
4.7379 of 5 stars
$16.59
-0.7%
$20.00
+20.6%
+16.6%$557.35M$207.03M11.13450News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
STEL
Stellarone
1.7628 of 5 stars
$31.89
+15.0%
$29.00
-9.0%
+17.6%$1.55B$625.45M14.411,025News Coverage
Earnings Report
Gap Up
UVSP
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
3.5846 of 5 stars
$31.86
flat
$29.00
-9.0%
+7.9%$920.12M$301.36M11.93970News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
TFIN
Triumph Financial
2.3365 of 5 stars
$61.88
+5.7%
$70.75
+14.3%
-27.4%$1.39B$487.93M167.241,553Analyst Revision
BY
Byline Bancorp
3.756 of 5 stars
$27.79
+0.2%
$33.25
+19.6%
-4.3%$1.28B$624.78M10.291,027News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
QCRH
QCR
3.8234 of 5 stars
$75.27
+0.2%
$85.33
+13.4%
+5.8%$1.27B$597.39M11.321,013News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
BFC
Bank First National
1.7907 of 5 stars
$127.13
+0.8%
$133.50
+5.0%
+36.7%$1.25B$226.09M18.34330Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
GHLD
Guild
1.7394 of 5 stars
$19.84
-0.1%
$18.10
-8.7%
+40.5%$1.23B$1.05B28.755,270News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume

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