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Mercantile Bank (MBWM) Competitors

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MBWM vs. BUSE, CTBI, FRME, GSBC, IBCP, PEBO, STBA, TCBK, THFF, and UVSP

Should you be buying Mercantile Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercantile Bank include First Busey (BUSE), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Merchants (FRME), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Independent Bank (IBCP), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), S&T Bancorp (STBA), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), First Financial Corporation Indiana (THFF), and Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (UVSP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Mercantile Bank vs. Its Competitors

First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) and Mercantile Bank (NASDAQ:MBWM) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

First Busey currently has a consensus price target of $27.33, suggesting a potential upside of 17.97%. Mercantile Bank has a consensus price target of $55.25, suggesting a potential upside of 23.08%. Given Mercantile Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mercantile Bank is more favorable than First Busey.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First Busey
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
Mercantile Bank
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

First Busey has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercantile Bank has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

56.5% of First Busey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of Mercantile Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of First Busey shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Mercantile Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Mercantile Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. First Busey pays out 89.3% 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 pays out 30.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Busey has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Mercantile Bank has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

First Busey has higher revenue and earnings than Mercantile Bank. Mercantile Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Busey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
First Busey$663.36M3.11$113.69M$1.1220.69
Mercantile Bank$361.89M2.02$79.59M$5.048.91

Mercantile Bank has a net margin of 22.11% compared to First Busey's net margin of 9.48%. Mercantile Bank's return on equity of 13.52% beat First Busey's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Busey9.48% 8.76% 1.04%
Mercantile Bank 22.11%13.52%1.34%

In the previous week, First Busey had 7 more articles in the media than Mercantile Bank. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for First Busey and 2 mentions for Mercantile Bank. Mercantile Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat First Busey's score of -0.15 indicating that Mercantile Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First Busey
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Mercantile Bank
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Mercantile Bank beats First Busey on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MBWM vs. The Competition

MetricMercantile BankBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$729.46M$2.51B$12.62B$10.52B
Dividend Yield3.39%3.66%5.51%4.69%
P/E Ratio8.9111.06245.9426.67
Price / Sales2.022.7430.84203.45
Price / Cash8.0410.7522.5161.26
Price / Book1.241.212.286.55
Net Income$79.59M$174.52M$1.01B$277.34M
7 Day Performance-1.99%-1.29%0.11%2.41%
1 Month Performance-7.84%-2.35%1.41%9.26%
1 Year Performance8.75%11.72%541.86%32.66%

Mercantile Bank Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
4.3052 of 5 stars
$44.89
+0.5%
$55.25
+23.1%
+8.2%$729.46M$361.89M8.91670
BUSE
First Busey
4.9188 of 5 stars
$24.55
-0.8%
$27.33
+11.3%
-6.8%$2.20B$663.36M21.921,548
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
4.1002 of 5 stars
$56.21
-0.5%
$64.50
+14.7%
+16.1%$1.02B$376.01M11.06980
FRME
First Merchants
4.9822 of 5 stars
$39.87
-1.1%
$48.25
+21.0%
+5.5%$2.33B$1.07B10.332,120
GSBC
Great Southern Bancorp
2.6623 of 5 stars
$62.87
0.0%
$60.50
-3.8%
+10.8%$712.33M$355.26M10.711,108
IBCP
Independent Bank
4.0336 of 5 stars
$31.32
-0.1%
$36.00
+14.9%
-3.7%$649.24M$323.14M10.20920Positive News
PEBO
Peoples Bancorp
4.254 of 5 stars
$30.34
-0.5%
$35.25
+16.2%
+2.2%$1.09B$620.14M10.391,479
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.5411 of 5 stars
$38.67
-1.6%
$42.00
+8.6%
-6.2%$1.51B$564.96M11.341,206
TCBK
TriCo Bancshares
3.6931 of 5 stars
$45.13
-0.2%
$47.60
+5.5%
+7.3%$1.47B$531.04M13.271,201Positive News
THFF
First Financial Corporation Indiana
3.8796 of 5 stars
$58.35
-0.2%
$57.67
-1.2%
+31.3%$692.79M$307.51M11.16880
UVSP
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
3.396 of 5 stars
$30.86
-1.1%
$29.00
-6.0%
+10.1%$899.01M$500.41M11.26970Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:MBWM) was last updated on 10/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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