Mercantile Bank Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:MBWM)

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

Mercantile Bank declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 6th will be given a dividend of $0.27 per share on Wednesday, December 18th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.10%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 5th. View Mercantile Bank's Dividend History.

Mercantile Bank Corp. (NASDAQ:MBWM) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 15th. The financial services provider reported $0.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.14. The financial services provider earned $38.28 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $36.69 million. Mercantile Bank had a net margin of 25.97% and a return on equity of 10.95%. View Mercantile Bank's Earnings History.

Mercantile Bank is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Mercantile Bank.

1 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Mercantile Bank's shares. Their predictions range from $36.50 to $36.50. On average, they anticipate Mercantile Bank's stock price to reach $36.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Mercantile Bank.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mercantile Bank in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Mercantile Bank.

News articles about MBWM stock have trended somewhat negative on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Mercantile Bank earned a news sentiment score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Mercantile Bank.

Mercantile Bank saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 198,100 shares, an increase of 72.3% from the August 30th total of 115,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 35,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.6 days. Currently, 1.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Mercantile Bank's Current Options Chain.

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Mercantile Bank's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Tributary Capital Management LLC (2.31%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.18%) and Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC (0.05%). Company insiders that own Mercantile Bank stock include Edward B Grant, Lonna Wiersma, Michael H Price and Thomas R Sullivan. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Mercantile Bank.

MBWM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tributary Capital Management LLC and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Mercantile Bank company stock in the last year include Edward B Grant, Lonna Wiersma and Thomas R Sullivan. View Insider Buying and Selling for Mercantile Bank.

MBWM stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Mercantile Bank.

Shares of MBWM can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MBWM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $34.79.

Mercantile Bank has a market capitalization of $571.39 million and generates $160.99 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $42.02 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.53 on an earnings per share basis. Mercantile Bank employs 631 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Mercantile Bank.

The official website for Mercantile Bank is http://www.mercbank.com/.

Mercantile Bank's mailing address is 310 LEONARD STREET NW, GRAND RAPIDS MI, 49504. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 616-406-3000 or via email at [email protected]