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MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG) Competitors

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$28.24 -0.25 (-0.86%)
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MOFG vs. FFBC, FRME, SYBT, BANR, RNST, SBCF, TRMK, WSBC, NBTB, and EFSC

Should you be buying MidWestOne Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MidWestOne Financial Group include First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT), Banner (BANR), Renasant (RNST), Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), Trustmark (TRMK), WesBanco (WSBC), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), and Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

MidWestOne Financial Group vs.

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

In the previous week, MidWestOne Financial Group and MidWestOne Financial Group both had 1 articles in the media. MidWestOne Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat First Financial Bancorp.'s score of 1.05 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
First Financial Bancorp.
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

MidWestOne Financial Group has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Financial Bancorp. has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

First Financial Bancorp. has a net margin of 18.67% compared to MidWestOne Financial Group's net margin of 9.79%. First Financial Bancorp.'s return on equity of 10.52% beat MidWestOne Financial Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MidWestOne Financial Group9.79% 6.54% 0.54%
First Financial Bancorp. 18.67%10.52%1.38%

MidWestOne Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. MidWestOne Financial Group pays out -27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Financial Bancorp. pays out 39.8% 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. First Financial Bancorp. has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. First Financial Bancorp. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

MidWestOne Financial Group presently has a consensus target price of $34.83, suggesting a potential upside of 22.31%. First Financial Bancorp. has a consensus target price of $29.25, suggesting a potential upside of 21.32%. Given MidWestOne Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MidWestOne Financial Group is more favorable than First Financial Bancorp..

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
First Financial Bancorp.
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

65.4% of MidWestOne Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of MidWestOne Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MidWestOne Financial Group$82.38M7.20-$60.29M-$3.54-8.05
First Financial Bancorp.$840.71M2.75$228.83M$2.4110.00

First Financial Bancorp. received 60 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 46.14% of users gave First Financial Bancorp. an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MidWestOne Financial GroupOutperform Votes
215
52.31%
Underperform Votes
196
47.69%
First Financial Bancorp.Outperform Votes
275
46.14%
Underperform Votes
321
53.86%

Summary

First Financial Bancorp. beats MidWestOne Financial Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MOFG vs. The Competition

MetricMidWestOne Financial GroupState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$592.87M$3.24B$11.47B$8.39B
Dividend Yield3.24%3.70%5.45%4.11%
P/E Ratio-7.0123.7222.4219.71
Price / Sales7.203.0627.63120.67
Price / Cash10.1310.6317.6234.62
Price / Book0.851.192.774.50
Net Income-$60.29M$372.21M$1.03B$248.22M
7 Day Performance-4.81%-2.60%-1.34%-0.78%
1 Month Performance0.21%3.15%5.24%11.53%
1 Year Performance34.09%17.69%538.04%8.99%

MidWestOne Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MOFG
MidWestOne Financial Group
3.2529 of 5 stars
$28.24
-0.9%
$34.83
+23.4%
+29.7%$589.23M$82.38M-6.97730Positive News
Gap Down
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.2508 of 5 stars
$25.07
+4.2%
$30.00
+19.7%
+4.5%$2.29B$840.71M10.452,110
FRME
First Merchants
4.8774 of 5 stars
$39.21
+3.8%
$46.40
+18.3%
+9.7%$2.29B$633.33M11.462,120Positive News
Dividend Increase
SYBT
Stock Yards Bancorp
3.0978 of 5 stars
$77.54
+2.1%
$77.25
-0.4%
+54.4%$2.29B$355.24M19.931,040Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
BANR
Banner
2.8801 of 5 stars
$65.42
+3.9%
$70.83
+8.3%
+35.2%$2.26B$618.20M13.411,930Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
RNST
Renasant
3.853 of 5 stars
$35.47
+4.6%
$41.00
+15.6%
+13.2%$2.26B$668.43M10.852,330Positive News
SBCF
Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida
3.7913 of 5 stars
$25.66
+3.7%
$29.40
+14.6%
+3.2%$2.21B$530.52M17.941,490Dividend Announcement
TRMK
Trustmark
2.6512 of 5 stars
$36.20
+3.1%
$39.80
+9.9%
+14.8%$2.19B$476.55M9.952,740Positive News
WSBC
WesBanco
4.8882 of 5 stars
$32.10
+4.3%
$38.71
+20.6%
+7.3%$2.15B$649.20M14.332,430Dividend Announcement
NBTB
NBT Bancorp
4.5324 of 5 stars
$44.65
+3.8%
$52.75
+18.1%
+9.8%$2.11B$589.10M15.081,860Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
EFSC
Enterprise Financial Services
4.4288 of 5 stars
$54.50
+2.3%
$64.33
+18.0%
+34.1%$2.01B$539.14M11.261,030

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This page (NASDAQ:MOFG) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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