First Merchants (FRMEP) Competitors

First Merchants (NASDAQ:FRMEP) and Atlanticus (NASDAQ:ATLCP) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and risk.

Is FRMEP or ATLCP a better dividend stock?

First Merchants pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Atlanticus pays an annual dividend of $1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FRMEP or ATLCP?

First Merchants and Atlanticus both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Merchants	N/A	N/A
Atlanticus	N/A	N/A

Which has higher valuation & earnings, FRMEP or ATLCP?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Merchants	$633.33M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Atlanticus	$316.89M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is FRMEP or ATLCP more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Merchants	N/A	N/A	N/A
Atlanticus	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor FRMEP or ATLCP?

In the previous week, First Merchants and First Merchants both had 1 articles in the media. First Merchants' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Atlanticus' score of 0.24 indicating that First Merchants is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Merchants	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Atlanticus	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

First Merchants beats Atlanticus on 2 of the 3 factors compared between the two stocks.