Meridian (MRBK) Competitors

BitFuFu (NASDAQ:FUFU) and Meridian (NASDAQ:MRBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.

Which has more volatility & risk, FUFU or MRBK?

BitFuFu has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Meridian has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FUFU or MRBK?

Meridian has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BitFuFu. Meridian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BitFuFu, 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
BitFuFu	$396.96M	1.23	$10.49M	$0.02	150.00
Meridian	$114.84M	1.28	$16.35M	$1.42	9.16

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FUFU or MRBK?

Meridian received 129 more outperform votes than BitFuFu when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave BitFuFu an outperform vote while only 57.69% of users gave Meridian an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BitFuFu	Outperform Votes 6 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Meridian	Outperform Votes 135 57.69%	Underperform Votes 99 42.31%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FUFU or MRBK?

37.3% of BitFuFu shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of Meridian shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.0% of BitFuFu shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.4% of Meridian shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend FUFU or MRBK?

BitFuFu presently has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 133.33%. Meridian has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.67%. Given BitFuFu's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe BitFuFu is more favorable than Meridian.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BitFuFu	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Meridian	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is FUFU or MRBK more profitable?

Meridian has a net margin of 8.28% compared to BitFuFu's net margin of 8.17%. BitFuFu's return on equity of 40.15% beat Meridian's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BitFuFu	8.17%	40.15%	13.55%
Meridian	8.28%	10.01%	0.70%

Does the media favor FUFU or MRBK?

In the previous week, BitFuFu had 7 more articles in the media than Meridian. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for BitFuFu and 3 mentions for Meridian. Meridian's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat BitFuFu's score of 0.07 indicating that Meridian is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BitFuFu	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Meridian	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

BitFuFu beats Meridian on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.