MBIN vs. OFG, GWB, RBCAA, GABC, CNOB, OMF, CADE, COOP, HWC, and VLY
Should you be buying Merchants Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Merchants Bancorp include OFG Bancorp (OFG), Great Western Bancorp (GWB), Republic Bancorp (RBCAA), German American Bancorp (GABC), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), OneMain (OMF), Cadence Bank (CADE), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), Hancock Whitney (HWC), and Valley National Bancorp (VLY). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Merchants Bancorp (NASDAQ:MBIN) and OFG Bancorp (NYSE:OFG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.
24.6% of Merchants Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of OFG Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.7% of Merchants Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of OFG Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
OFG Bancorp received 85 more outperform votes than Merchants Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.31% of users gave OFG Bancorp an outperform vote while only 64.65% of users gave Merchants Bancorp an outperform vote.
Merchants Bancorp has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OFG Bancorp has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
In the previous week, OFG Bancorp had 13 more articles in the media than Merchants Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for OFG Bancorp and 5 mentions for Merchants Bancorp. OFG Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Merchants Bancorp's score of 0.47 indicating that OFG Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Merchants Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $55.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.53%. OFG Bancorp has a consensus target price of $49.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.45%. Given OFG Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe OFG Bancorp is more favorable than Merchants Bancorp.
Merchants Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. OFG Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Merchants Bancorp pays out 5.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OFG Bancorp pays out 25.6% 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 a net margin of 23.55% compared to OFG Bancorp's net margin of 22.95%. Merchants Bancorp's return on equity of 26.65% beat OFG Bancorp's return on equity.
Merchants Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than OFG Bancorp. Merchants Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OFG Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Merchants Bancorp beats OFG Bancorp on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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