Merchants Bancorp (MBINN) Competitors

Merchants Bancorp (NASDAQ:MBINN) and Atlanticus (NASDAQ:ATLCP) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and risk.

Is MBINN or ATLCP more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Merchants Bancorp	N/A	N/A	N/A
Atlanticus	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is MBINN or ATLCP a better dividend stock?

Merchants Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Atlanticus pays an annual dividend of $1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%.

Which has better valuation & earnings, MBINN or ATLCP?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Merchants Bancorp	$664.66M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Atlanticus	$342.38M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to MBINN or ATLCP?

In the previous week, Merchants Bancorp and Merchants Bancorp both had 1 articles in the media. Merchants Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Atlanticus' score of 0.56 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Atlanticus	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Merchants Bancorp beats Atlanticus on 2 of the 3 factors compared between the two stocks.