Merchants Bancorp (MBIN) Competitors

Merchants Bancorp (NASDAQ:MBIN) and Banco Macro (NYSE:BMA) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, MBIN or BMA?

Merchants Bancorp has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Macro has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate MBIN or BMA?

Merchants Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $47.50, suggesting a potential upside of 48.34%. Banco Macro has a consensus price target of $62.13, suggesting a potential downside of 33.08%. Given Merchants Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Merchants Bancorp is more favorable than Banco Macro.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Merchants Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Banco Macro	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the media refer more to MBIN or BMA?

In the previous week, Banco Macro had 3 more articles in the media than Merchants Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Banco Macro and 2 mentions for Merchants Bancorp. Merchants Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Banco Macro's score of 0.78 indicating that Merchants Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Merchants Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Banco Macro	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, MBIN or BMA?

Banco Macro has higher revenue and earnings than Merchants Bancorp. Merchants Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banco Macro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Merchants Bancorp	$645.08M	2.28	$320.39M	$5.44	5.89
Banco Macro	$4.52T	0.00	$2.23B	$11.41	8.14

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MBIN or BMA?

24.6% of Merchants Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.8% of Merchants Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of Banco Macro shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is MBIN or BMA more profitable?

Merchants Bancorp has a net margin of 22.08% compared to Banco Macro's net margin of 15.12%. Banco Macro's return on equity of 26.55% beat Merchants Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Merchants Bancorp	22.08%	22.86%	1.76%
Banco Macro	15.12%	26.55%	7.77%

Is MBIN or BMA a better dividend stock?

Merchants Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Banco Macro pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Merchants Bancorp pays out 7.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Macro pays out 46.3% 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. Merchants Bancorp has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MBIN or BMA?

Banco Macro received 127 more outperform votes than Merchants Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.12% of users gave Merchants Bancorp an outperform vote while only 62.59% of users gave Banco Macro an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Merchants Bancorp	Outperform Votes 211 65.12%	Underperform Votes 113 34.88%
Banco Macro	Outperform Votes 338 62.59%	Underperform Votes 202 37.41%

Summary

Merchants Bancorp beats Banco Macro on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.