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MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS) Competitors

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$27.78 -0.46 (-1.63%)
As of 11:42 AM Eastern

MCBS vs. BUR, PRK, LU, CLSK, BFH, ENVA, FINV, PPBI, NTB, and FBK

Should you be buying MetroCity Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MetroCity Bankshares include Burford Capital (BUR), Park National (PRK), Lufax (LU), CleanSpark (CLSK), Bread Financial (BFH), Enova International (ENVA), FinVolution Group (FINV), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB), and FB Financial (FBK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

MetroCity Bankshares vs. Its Competitors

Burford Capital (NYSE:BUR) and MetroCity Bankshares (NASDAQ:MCBS) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

25.3% of MetroCity Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.9% of Burford Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.5% of MetroCity Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Burford Capital presently has a consensus price target of $19.50, suggesting a potential upside of 50.81%. MetroCity Bankshares has a consensus price target of $34.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.39%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than MetroCity Bankshares.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Burford Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
MetroCity Bankshares
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

MetroCity Bankshares received 4 more outperform votes than Burford Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.87% of users gave Burford Capital an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave MetroCity Bankshares an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Burford CapitalOutperform Votes
14
60.87%
Underperform Votes
9
39.13%
MetroCity BanksharesOutperform Votes
18
42.86%
Underperform Votes
24
57.14%

Burford Capital has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MetroCity Bankshares has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Burford Capital has a net margin of 34.81% compared to MetroCity Bankshares' net margin of 27.33%. MetroCity Bankshares' return on equity of 15.98% beat Burford Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Burford Capital34.81% 8.07% 4.28%
MetroCity Bankshares 27.33%15.98%1.79%

Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. MetroCity Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Burford Capital pays out 12.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MetroCity Bankshares pays out 35.8% 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.

In the previous week, Burford Capital had 2 more articles in the media than MetroCity Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Burford Capital and 2 mentions for MetroCity Bankshares. MetroCity Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Burford Capital's score of 0.81 indicating that MetroCity Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Burford Capital
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
MetroCity Bankshares
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Burford Capital has higher revenue and earnings than MetroCity Bankshares. MetroCity Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burford Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Burford Capital$410.92M6.88$610.52M$0.9313.90
MetroCity Bankshares$143.02M4.93$64.50M$2.5710.81

Summary

Burford Capital beats MetroCity Bankshares on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MCBS vs. The Competition

MetricMetroCity BanksharesState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$705.67M$3.31B$11.69B$8.61B
Dividend Yield3.37%3.78%5.66%4.18%
P/E Ratio11.0723.7922.9919.97
Price / Sales4.933.1026.93152.58
Price / Cash14.2110.6317.6034.64
Price / Book1.831.202.884.68
Net Income$64.50M$372.21M$1.04B$248.05M
7 Day Performance1.72%1.63%1.33%2.40%
1 Month Performance-5.22%-1.16%1.24%6.14%
1 Year Performance12.33%20.12%540.03%13.62%

MetroCity Bankshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MCBS
MetroCity Bankshares
3.568 of 5 stars
$27.78
-1.6%
$34.00
+22.4%
+18.2%$705.67M$143.02M11.07220News Coverage
Positive News
BUR
Burford Capital
4.0777 of 5 stars
$12.70
-1.3%
$19.50
+53.6%
-3.1%$2.78B$410.92M10.94140Analyst Upgrade
PRK
Park National
2.4224 of 5 stars
$161.71
-0.5%
$177.75
+9.9%
+22.1%$2.62B$528.91M17.371,790Trending News
LU
Lufax
1.3151 of 5 stars
$2.90
-1.2%
$2.98
+2.8%
+36.7%$2.51B$20.29B-3.7692,400Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CLSK
CleanSpark
3.2745 of 5 stars
$8.61
-0.2%
$20.71
+140.6%
-37.5%$2.42B$537.40M78.28130Gap Down
BFH
Bread Financial
3.8173 of 5 stars
$51.14
-0.2%
$60.27
+17.8%
+41.5%$2.38B$3.82B9.227,500News Coverage
ENVA
Enova International
3.4266 of 5 stars
$92.92
+0.3%
$111.00
+19.5%
+68.2%$2.36B$2.79B12.491,800Positive News
FINV
FinVolution Group
3.5479 of 5 stars
$8.39
+0.4%
$11.55
+37.7%
+88.6%$2.12B$13.40B7.234,260
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
4.0129 of 5 stars
$20.89
-1.5%
$27.25
+30.4%
+3.0%$2.03B$541.46M12.741,430Positive News
NTB
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son
2.7531 of 5 stars
$42.59
+1.0%
$44.67
+4.9%
+29.5%$2.02B$587.36M9.021,340
FBK
FB Financial
4.7164 of 5 stars
$43.01
-1.5%
$53.80
+25.1%
+24.6%$1.97B$482.15M17.411,760

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This page (NASDAQ:MCBS) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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