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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.
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.
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.
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.
Mercantile Bank has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Heartland Financial USA has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
58.6% of Mercantile Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.6% of Heartland Financial USA shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Mercantile Bank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Heartland Financial USA shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Mercantile Bank presently has a consensus price target of $52.83, suggesting a potential upside of 7.89%. Given Mercantile Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Mercantile Bank is more favorable than Heartland Financial USA.
In the previous week, Mercantile Bank had 3 more articles in the media than Heartland Financial USA. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Mercantile Bank and 1 mentions for Heartland Financial USA. Mercantile Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Heartland Financial USA's score of 0.00 indicating that Mercantile Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Mercantile Bank beats Heartland Financial USA on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MBWM) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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