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$31.27 -1.15 (-3.55%)
Closing price 06/13/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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MBIN vs. CADE, BMA, OZK, PFSI, VLY, FLG, GBCI, HWC, UPST, and AUB

Should you be buying Merchants Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Merchants Bancorp include Cadence Bank (CADE), Banco Macro (BMA), Bank OZK (OZK), PennyMac Financial Services (PFSI), Valley National Bancorp (VLY), Flagstar Financial (FLG), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Upstart (UPST), and Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Merchants Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

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

Cadence Bank has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Merchants Bancorp has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cadence Bank$921.95M5.92$523.60M$2.8510.51
Merchants Bancorp$645.08M2.22$320.39M$5.445.75

In the previous week, Cadence Bank had 2 more articles in the media than Merchants Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cadence Bank and 4 mentions for Merchants Bancorp. Merchants Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Cadence Bank's score of 0.82 indicating that Merchants Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cadence Bank
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Merchants Bancorp
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Cadence Bank received 112 more outperform votes than Merchants Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.53% of users gave Merchants Bancorp an outperform vote while only 59.27% of users gave Cadence Bank an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cadence BankOutperform Votes
323
59.27%
Underperform Votes
222
40.73%
Merchants BancorpOutperform Votes
211
64.53%
Underperform Votes
116
35.47%

84.6% of Cadence Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.6% of Merchants Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Cadence Bank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 34.8% of Merchants Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Merchants Bancorp has a net margin of 22.08% compared to Cadence Bank's net margin of 18.03%. Merchants Bancorp's return on equity of 22.86% beat Cadence Bank's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cadence Bank18.03% 9.87% 1.07%
Merchants Bancorp 22.08%22.86%1.76%

Cadence Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Merchants Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Cadence Bank pays out 38.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Merchants Bancorp pays out 7.4% 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. Cadence Bank has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Merchants Bancorp has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Cadence Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Cadence Bank currently has a consensus target price of $36.82, suggesting a potential upside of 22.87%. Merchants Bancorp has a consensus target price of $47.50, suggesting a potential upside of 51.90%. Given Merchants Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Merchants Bancorp is more favorable than Cadence Bank.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cadence Bank
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64
Merchants Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

Merchants Bancorp beats Cadence Bank on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MBIN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MBIN vs. The Competition

MetricMerchants BancorpState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.43B$3.26B$11.61B$8.51B
Dividend Yield1.22%3.74%5.64%4.15%
P/E Ratio4.9623.5322.8219.65
Price / Sales2.223.0526.81152.18
Price / Cash6.5510.6317.6034.64
Price / Book1.131.182.834.59
Net Income$320.39M$372.21M$1.04B$248.23M
7 Day Performance-3.76%-1.27%0.10%-1.07%
1 Month Performance-5.98%-2.97%0.02%2.60%
1 Year Performance-19.94%20.75%540.97%13.51%

Merchants Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MBIN
Merchants Bancorp
4.0644 of 5 stars
$31.27
-3.5%
$47.50
+51.9%
-19.9%$1.43B$645.08M4.96480News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
CADE
Cadence Bank
4.4925 of 5 stars
$30.07
-0.8%
$36.82
+22.4%
+11.3%$5.48B$921.95M10.856,570Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
BMA
Banco Macro
2.5597 of 5 stars
$82.07
-2.9%
$62.13
-24.3%
+16.9%$5.24B$4.52T7.198,000Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
OZK
Bank OZK
4.3933 of 5 stars
$44.08
-0.6%
$50.86
+15.4%
+18.0%$5.00B$1.66B7.182,650
PFSI
PennyMac Financial Services
4.9205 of 5 stars
$93.70
-2.4%
$121.17
+29.3%
+4.8%$4.84B$2.98B16.054,140News Coverage
Insider Trade
VLY
Valley National Bancorp
4.1715 of 5 stars
$8.64
-1.6%
$10.55
+22.1%
+30.8%$4.84B$1.87B12.523,830Positive News
Gap Down
FLG
Flagstar Financial
1.9776 of 5 stars
$11.25
-2.3%
$13.50
+20.0%
N/A$4.67B$2.32B-3.058,766News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
GBCI
Glacier Bancorp
0.9446 of 5 stars
$41.08
-0.9%
N/AN/A$4.66B$836.32M22.093,550News Coverage
High Trading Volume
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.8106 of 5 stars
$54.28
-0.7%
$61.25
+12.8%
+22.3%$4.65B$1.45B10.283,630Positive News
UPST
Upstart
4.3319 of 5 stars
$47.90
+1.5%
$63.81
+33.2%
+132.3%$4.56B$714.41M-32.811,880Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Down
AUB
Atlantic Union Bankshares
4.9154 of 5 stars
$29.63
-1.3%
$39.00
+31.6%
-0.6%$4.22B$857.44M12.941,880Analyst Upgrade

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This page (NASDAQ:MBIN) was last updated on 6/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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