First Merchants (FRMEP) Competitors

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

Is FRMEP or OZKAP a better dividend stock?

First Merchants pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Bank OZK pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%.

Do analysts rate FRMEP or OZKAP?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Merchants	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Bank OZK	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FRMEP or OZKAP?

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

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Merchants	N/A	N/A
Bank OZK	N/A	N/A

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, FRMEP or OZKAP?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Merchants	$635.59M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bank OZK	$1.56B	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to FRMEP or OZKAP?

In the previous week, First Merchants' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Bank OZK'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Merchants	Neutral
Bank OZK	Neutral

Is FRMEP or OZKAP more profitable?

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

Summary

First Merchants and Bank OZK tied by winning 1 of the 2 factors compared between the two stocks.