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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.

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
First Busey
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Merchants Bancorp$1.45B1.04$320.39M$4.557.24
First Busey$663.36M3.33$113.69M$1.1222.12

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Merchants Bancorp18.06% 16.06% 1.34%
First Busey 9.48%8.76%1.04%

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Merchants Bancorp
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
First Busey
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Merchants Bancorp beats First Busey on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MBIN vs. The Competition

MetricMerchants BancorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.47B$950.05M$12.50B$9.85B
Dividend Yield1.24%3.01%5.45%4.51%
P/E Ratio7.2416.78230.0626.42
Price / Sales1.042.1830.76119.09
Price / Cash4.5549.8721.9558.92
Price / Book0.961.172.296.06
Net Income$320.39M$54.23M$1.01B$266.28M
7 Day Performance1.29%0.40%0.11%-0.76%
1 Month Performance9.14%7.46%3.71%3.83%
1 Year Performance-25.43%16.27%542.65%24.39%

Merchants Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MBIN
Merchants Bancorp
4.3062 of 5 stars
$32.96
+2.6%
$38.33
+16.3%
-29.4%$1.47B$1.45B7.24480Positive News
BUSE
First Busey
4.9558 of 5 stars
$23.91
-1.1%
$27.17
+13.6%
-11.2%$2.15B$663.36M21.351,548Positive News
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
3.67 of 5 stars
$49.54
-1.2%
$49.71
+0.4%
+14.3%$3.47B$1.39B11.971,266Positive News
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.2894 of 5 stars
$26.50
-0.2%
$29.40
+10.9%
+0.3%$2.54B$1.62B10.602,090News Coverage
Positive News
FULT
Fulton Financial
3.5251 of 5 stars
$19.63
-0.1%
$21.13
+7.6%
+1.2%$3.58B$1.86B11.483,400Positive News
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.4917 of 5 stars
$62.68
-1.3%
$66.71
+6.4%
+17.2%$5.38B$2.06B11.543,476Positive News
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
4.0275 of 5 stars
$24.30
0.0%
$27.50
+13.2%
N/A$2.36B$905.41M17.111,325News Coverage
Positive News
STBA
S&T Bancorp
2.9964 of 5 stars
$39.05
-0.4%
$42.00
+7.6%
-7.8%$1.50B$564.96M11.451,206News Coverage
Positive News
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.7605 of 5 stars
$36.73
-1.3%
$40.67
+10.7%
+4.9%$2.79B$1.03B15.972,720
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.4092 of 5 stars
$38.14
-1.5%
$40.50
+6.2%
-0.6%$5.49B$1.63B13.482,553Positive News
HOMB
Home BancShares
4.0371 of 5 stars
$29.75
-0.7%
$33.20
+11.6%
+6.1%$5.90B$1.47B13.582,552News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:MBIN) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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