MBIN vs. BUSE, CATY, FFBC, FULT, HWC, PPBI, STBA, TOWN, UBSI, and HOMB
Should you be buying Merchants Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Merchants Bancorp include First Busey (BUSE), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Fulton Financial (FULT), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Towne Bank (TOWN), United Bankshares (UBSI), and Home BancShares (HOMB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Merchants Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Merchants Bancorp (NASDAQ:MBIN) and First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
Merchants Bancorp has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Busey has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Merchants Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Merchants Bancorp pays out 8.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Busey pays out 89.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Merchants Bancorp has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years and First Busey has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. First Busey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Merchants Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $38.33, suggesting a potential upside of 16.30%. First Busey has a consensus price target of $27.33, suggesting a potential upside of 10.35%. Given Merchants Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Merchants Bancorp is more favorable than First Busey.
Merchants Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than First Busey. Merchants Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Busey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Merchants Bancorp has a net margin of 18.06% compared to First Busey's net margin of 9.48%. Merchants Bancorp's return on equity of 16.06% beat First Busey's return on equity.
24.6% of Merchants Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of First Busey shares are held by institutional investors. 34.8% of Merchants Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of First Busey shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, First Busey had 12 more articles in the media than Merchants Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for First Busey and 3 mentions for Merchants Bancorp. Merchants Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat First Busey's score of 1.41 indicating that Merchants Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Merchants Bancorp beats First Busey on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MBIN) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff