MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG) Competitors

MidWestOne Financial Group (NASDAQ:MOFG) and Simmons First National (NASDAQ:SFNC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, MOFG or SFNC?

Simmons First National has higher revenue and earnings than MidWestOne Financial Group. MidWestOne Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Simmons First National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MidWestOne Financial Group	$82.38M	7.07	-$60.29M	-$3.54	-7.91
Simmons First National	$777.54M	2.97	$152.69M	$1.16	15.81

Do analysts recommend MOFG or SFNC?

MidWestOne Financial Group presently has a consensus price target of $34.83, suggesting a potential upside of 24.45%. Simmons First National has a consensus price target of $22.33, suggesting a potential upside of 21.77%. Given MidWestOne Financial Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe MidWestOne Financial Group is more favorable than Simmons First National.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MidWestOne Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Simmons First National	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is MOFG or SFNC more profitable?

Simmons First National has a net margin of 10.46% compared to MidWestOne Financial Group's net margin of 9.79%. MidWestOne Financial Group's return on equity of 6.54% beat Simmons First National's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MidWestOne Financial Group	9.79%	6.54%	0.54%
Simmons First National	10.46%	5.10%	0.65%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of MOFG or SFNC?

65.4% of MidWestOne Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.6% of Simmons First National shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of MidWestOne Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Simmons First National shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, MOFG or SFNC?

MidWestOne Financial Group has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simmons First National has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MOFG or SFNC a better dividend stock?

MidWestOne Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Simmons First National pays an annual dividend of $0.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. MidWestOne Financial Group pays out -27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Simmons First National pays out 73.3% 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. Simmons First National has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Simmons First National is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media favor MOFG or SFNC?

In the previous week, MidWestOne Financial Group and MidWestOne Financial Group both had 2 articles in the media. MidWestOne Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Simmons First National's score of 1.72 indicating that MidWestOne Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MidWestOne Financial Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Simmons First National	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MOFG or SFNC?

Simmons First National received 57 more outperform votes than MidWestOne Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.31% of users gave MidWestOne Financial Group an outperform vote while only 47.64% of users gave Simmons First National an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MidWestOne Financial Group	Outperform Votes 215 52.31%	Underperform Votes 196 47.69%
Simmons First National	Outperform Votes 272 47.64%	Underperform Votes 299 52.36%

Summary

MidWestOne Financial Group and Simmons First National tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.