FMAO vs. NRIM, SBT, WSBF, CVLY, KRNY, PDLB, NFBK, BCBP, HTBI, and BVFL
Should you be buying Farmers & Merchants Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp include Northrim BanCorp (NRIM), Sterling Bancorp (SBT), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), Codorus Valley Bancorp (CVLY), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Ponce Financial Group (PDLB), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), BCB Bancorp (BCBP), HomeTrust Bancshares (HTBI), and BV Financial (BVFL). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
Northrim BanCorp (NASDAQ:NRIM) and Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (NASDAQ:FMAO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, Farmers & Merchants Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Northrim BanCorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Farmers & Merchants Bancorp and 1 mentions for Northrim BanCorp. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Northrim BanCorp's score of 1.06 indicating that Northrim BanCorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Northrim BanCorp received 9 more outperform votes than Farmers & Merchants Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.21% of users gave Northrim BanCorp an outperform vote while only 57.96% of users gave Farmers & Merchants Bancorp an outperform vote.
Northrim BanCorp pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Northrim BanCorp pays out 54.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp pays out 52.7% 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. Northrim BanCorp has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Farmers & Merchants Bancorp has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Northrim BanCorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Northrim BanCorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Farmers & Merchants Bancorp. Northrim BanCorp 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.
Northrim BanCorp has a net margin of 16.04% compared to Northrim BanCorp's net margin of 14.62%. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's return on equity of 11.22% beat Northrim BanCorp's return on equity.
Northrim BanCorp has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Farmers & Merchants Bancorp has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
66.0% of Northrim BanCorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.0% of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of Northrim BanCorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp has a consensus price target of $23.17, suggesting a potential upside of 9.33%. Given Northrim BanCorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Farmers & Merchants Bancorp is more favorable than Northrim BanCorp.
Summary
Northrim BanCorp beats Farmers & Merchants Bancorp on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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