MRBK vs. CBNK, ALRS, MPB, QD, SHBI, BCAL, YRD, FUFU, HONE, and PFIS
Should you be buying Meridian Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Meridian Bank include Capital Bancorp (CBNK), Alerus Financial (ALRS), Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), Qudian (QD), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), California BanCorp (BCAL), Yirendai (YRD), BitFuFu (FUFU), HarborOne Bancorp (HONE), and Peoples Financial Services (PFIS). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Meridian Bank vs. Its Competitors
Meridian Bank (NASDAQ:MRBK) and Capital Bancorp (NASDAQ:CBNK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Meridian Bank had 2 more articles in the media than Capital Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Meridian Bank and 3 mentions for Capital Bancorp. Meridian Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Capital Bancorp's score of 0.92 indicating that Meridian Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Capital Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Meridian Bank. Meridian Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Meridian Bank presently has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.31%. Capital Bancorp has a consensus target price of $34.50, suggesting a potential downside of 2.43%. Given Meridian Bank's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Meridian Bank is more favorable than Capital Bancorp.
Meridian Bank has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Bancorp has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Meridian Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Capital Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Meridian Bank pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital Bancorp pays out 16.1% 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. Capital Bancorp has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Capital Bancorp has a net margin of 14.43% compared to Meridian Bank's net margin of 8.09%. Capital Bancorp's return on equity of 15.04% beat Meridian Bank's return on equity.
58.6% of Meridian Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.1% of Capital Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.4% of Meridian Bank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 31.6% of Capital Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Capital Bancorp beats Meridian Bank on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MRBK) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff