Mercantile Bank (MBWM) Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mercantile Bank in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" MBWM shares.
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2 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Mercantile Bank's shares. Their MBWM share price forecasts range from $38.00 to $40.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $39.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 26.2% from the stock's current price.
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Mercantile Bank's stock was trading at $33.48 at the start of the year. Since then, MBWM stock has decreased by 7.7% and is now trading at $30.91.
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Mercantile Bank saw a decline in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 118,500 shares, a decline of 19.1% from the August 31st total of 146,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 39,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.0 days. Approximately 0.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 17th 2023.
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Mercantile Bank will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 17th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Mercantile Bank Co. (NASDAQ:MBWM) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 18th. The financial services provider reported $1.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.11 by $0.16. The financial services provider had revenue of $73.56 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $52.43 million. Mercantile Bank had a net margin of 30.16% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.56%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.74 earnings per share.

Mercantile Bank declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 13th. Investors of record on Friday, September 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.34 per share on Wednesday, September 13th. This represents a $1.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.40%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 31st. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.33.
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Mercantile Bank (NASDAQ:MBWM) pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.40%. MBWM has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 9 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 27.42%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MBWM will have a dividend payout ratio of 34.52% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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1 employees have rated Mercantile Bank Chief Executive Officer Bob Kaminski on Glassdoor.com. Bob Kaminski has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Bob Kaminski in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Mercantile Bank trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "MBWM."

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One share of MBWM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $30.91.

Mercantile Bank (NASDAQ:MBWM) has a market capitalization of $495.18 million and generates $213.92 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $61.06 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.96 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 665 workers across the globe.

Mercantile Bank's mailing address is 310 LEONARD STREET NW, GRAND RAPIDS MI, 49504. The official website for the company is www.mercbank.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (616) 406-3000, via email at cchristmas@mercbank.com, or via fax at 616-406-3737.