Midland States Bancorp (MSBI) Competitors

Midland States Bancorp (NASDAQ:MSBI) and Sprott (NYSE:SII) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, MSBI or SII?

Midland States Bancorp has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprott has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in MSBI or SII?

60.9% of Midland States Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.3% of Sprott shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of Midland States Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of Sprott shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is MSBI or SII more profitable?

Sprott has a net margin of 27.38% compared to Midland States Bancorp's net margin of -2.74%. Sprott's return on equity of 15.02% beat Midland States Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Midland States Bancorp	-2.74%	-1.95%	-0.17%
Sprott	27.38%	15.02%	11.91%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MSBI or SII?

Midland States Bancorp received 166 more outperform votes than Sprott when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 45.88% of users gave Midland States Bancorp an outperform vote while only 41.38% of users gave Sprott an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Midland States Bancorp	Outperform Votes 178 45.88%	Underperform Votes 210 54.12%
Sprott	Outperform Votes 12 41.38%	Underperform Votes 17 58.62%

Is MSBI or SII a better dividend stock?

Midland States Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Sprott pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Midland States Bancorp pays out -118.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sprott pays out 63.2% 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. Midland States Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer MSBI or SII?

Midland States Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $21.33, suggesting a potential upside of 16.38%. Given Midland States Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Midland States Bancorp is more favorable than Sprott.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Midland States Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Sprott	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Which has higher valuation and earnings, MSBI or SII?

Sprott has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Midland States Bancorp. Midland States Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sprott, 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
Midland States Bancorp	$299.70M	1.31	-$13.43M	-$1.05	-17.46
Sprott	$168.35M	7.88	$41.80M	$1.90	27.06

Does the media refer more to MSBI or SII?

In the previous week, Sprott had 6 more articles in the media than Midland States Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Sprott and 3 mentions for Midland States Bancorp. Midland States Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Sprott's score of 0.88 indicating that Midland States Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Midland States Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sprott	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Sprott beats Midland States Bancorp on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.