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Mercantile Bank (MBWM) Competitors

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$49.76 +0.79 (+1.60%)
As of 07/3/2025 01:04 PM Eastern
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MBWM vs. HTLF, FIBK, INDB, BOH, CVBF, BKU, TOWN, TBBK, SFNC, and FFBC

Should you be buying Mercantile Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercantile Bank include Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), Independent Bank (INDB), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), CVB Financial (CVBF), BankUnited (BKU), Towne Bank (TOWN), Bancorp (TBBK), Simmons First National (SFNC), and First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Mercantile Bank vs. Its Competitors

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mercantile Bank$361.89M2.23$79.59M$4.8210.32
Heartland Financial USA$932.87M2.97$79.92M$1.7936.13

Mercantile Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Heartland Financial USA pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Mercantile Bank pays out 30.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Heartland Financial USA pays out 67.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Mercantile Bank has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Mercantile Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Mercantile Bank currently has a consensus target price of $52.83, indicating a potential upside of 6.19%. Given Mercantile Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Mercantile Bank is more favorable than Heartland Financial USA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Mercantile Bank
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Heartland Financial USA
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Mercantile Bank has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Heartland Financial USA has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Mercantile Bank had 4 more articles in the media than Heartland Financial USA. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Mercantile Bank and 1 mentions for Heartland Financial USA. Mercantile Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Heartland Financial USA's score of 0.00 indicating that Mercantile Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Mercantile Bank
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Heartland Financial USA
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

58.6% of Mercantile Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.6% of Heartland Financial USA shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Mercantile Bank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Heartland Financial USA shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Mercantile Bank has a net margin of 21.35% compared to Heartland Financial USA's net margin of 8.79%. Mercantile Bank's return on equity of 13.33% beat Heartland Financial USA's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mercantile Bank21.35% 13.33% 1.31%
Heartland Financial USA 8.79%10.81%1.09%

Summary

Mercantile Bank beats Heartland Financial USA on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MBWM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MBWM vs. The Competition

MetricMercantile BankBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$808.68M$2.50B$12.11B$9.05B
Dividend Yield2.97%3.47%5.54%4.03%
P/E Ratio10.3211.9420.0220.22
Price / Sales2.232.2125.68118.64
Price / Cash8.9310.9521.6858.07
Price / Book1.371.242.285.67
Net Income$79.59M$174.52M$1.00B$249.13M
7 Day Performance7.37%4.39%2.21%3.28%
1 Month Performance14.59%8.16%4.59%5.55%
1 Year Performance29.98%27.56%538.58%21.12%

Mercantile Bank Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
2.7183 of 5 stars
$49.76
+1.6%
$52.83
+6.2%
+26.9%$808.68M$361.89M10.32670Positive News
High Trading Volume
HTLF
Heartland Financial USA
0.9362 of 5 stars
$64.67
-2.2%
N/A+47.3%$2.77B$932.87M36.132,000News Coverage
High Trading Volume
FIBK
First Interstate BancSystem
4.3443 of 5 stars
$27.45
+4.1%
$34.43
+25.4%
+12.3%$2.77B$1.48B13.013,481News Coverage
INDB
Independent Bank
4.242 of 5 stars
$62.63
+2.6%
$71.00
+13.4%
+36.7%$2.60B$980.77M14.111,837
BOH
Bank of Hawaii
3.5553 of 5 stars
$66.81
+2.6%
$73.17
+9.5%
+24.7%$2.59B$1.04B18.771,865News Coverage
CVBF
CVB Financial
3.6228 of 5 stars
$19.05
+3.0%
$23.50
+23.4%
+24.3%$2.55B$684.59M13.141,089
BKU
BankUnited
3.6194 of 5 stars
$34.47
+2.0%
$40.42
+17.3%
+30.3%$2.54B$2.02B10.701,680Analyst Forecast
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.8427 of 5 stars
$33.93
+3.4%
$40.00
+17.9%
+32.2%$2.46B$1.03B14.382,720
TBBK
Bancorp
2.5727 of 5 stars
$53.57
+4.9%
$65.33
+22.0%
+55.6%$2.39B$709.11M12.09720News Coverage
SFNC
Simmons First National
4.2707 of 5 stars
$18.62
+2.0%
$22.33
+19.9%
+17.5%$2.30B$1.46B16.052,946Positive News
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.5207 of 5 stars
$23.74
+2.5%
$29.25
+23.2%
+18.4%$2.22B$1.62B9.852,090

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This page (NASDAQ:MBWM) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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