MBWM vs. BOH, CVBF, HTLF, INDB, BKU, TOWN, TBBK, SFNC, FFBC, and FRME
Should you be buying Mercantile Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercantile Bank include Bank of Hawaii (BOH), CVB Financial (CVBF), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), Independent Bank (INDB), BankUnited (BKU), TowneBank (TOWN), Bancorp (TBBK), Simmons First National (SFNC), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), and First Merchants (FRME). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Mercantile Bank vs.
Mercantile Bank (NASDAQ:MBWM) and Bank of Hawaii (NYSE:BOH) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.
Mercantile Bank has a net margin of 21.99% compared to Bank of Hawaii's net margin of 14.47%. Mercantile Bank's return on equity of 14.29% beat Bank of Hawaii's return on equity.
Mercantile Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Bank of Hawaii pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Mercantile Bank pays out 30.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of Hawaii pays out 78.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mercantile Bank has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Bank of Hawaii has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Mercantile Bank received 66 more outperform votes than Bank of Hawaii when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.95% of users gave Mercantile Bank an outperform vote while only 47.59% of users gave Bank of Hawaii an outperform vote.
Bank of Hawaii has higher revenue and earnings than Mercantile Bank. Mercantile Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of Hawaii, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Bank of Hawaii had 13 more articles in the media than Mercantile Bank. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Bank of Hawaii and 2 mentions for Mercantile Bank. Mercantile Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Bank of Hawaii's score of 1.23 indicating that Mercantile Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mercantile Bank has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Hawaii has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mercantile Bank currently has a consensus price target of $52.83, indicating a potential upside of 18.70%. Bank of Hawaii has a consensus price target of $73.17, indicating a potential upside of 8.62%. Given Mercantile Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Mercantile Bank is more favorable than Bank of Hawaii.
58.6% of Mercantile Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Bank of Hawaii shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Mercantile Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Bank of Hawaii shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Mercantile Bank beats Bank of Hawaii on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MBWM) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
