Midland States Bancorp (MSBI) Competitors

Midland States Bancorp (NASDAQ:MSBI) and CompoSecure (NASDAQ:CMPO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in MSBI or CMPO?

60.9% of Midland States Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.6% of CompoSecure shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Midland States Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.1% of CompoSecure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate MSBI or CMPO?

Midland States Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $21.33, suggesting a potential upside of 24.61%. CompoSecure has a consensus target price of $16.19, suggesting a potential upside of 14.08%. Given Midland States Bancorp's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Midland States Bancorp is more favorable than CompoSecure.

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
CompoSecure	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Does the media favor MSBI or CMPO?

In the previous week, CompoSecure had 14 more articles in the media than Midland States Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for CompoSecure and 1 mentions for Midland States Bancorp. Midland States Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat CompoSecure's score of 0.52 indicating that Midland States Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Midland States Bancorp	Positive
CompoSecure	Positive

Is MSBI or CMPO more profitable?

Midland States Bancorp has a net margin of -2.74% compared to CompoSecure's net margin of -5.63%. Midland States Bancorp's return on equity of -1.95% beat CompoSecure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Midland States Bancorp	-2.74%	-1.95%	-0.17%
CompoSecure	-5.63%	-14.87%	36.45%

Which has better valuation & earnings, MSBI or CMPO?

CompoSecure has higher revenue and earnings than Midland States Bancorp. Midland States Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CompoSecure, 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	1.22	-$13.43M	-$1.01	-16.95
CompoSecure	$376.39M	3.86	$19.24M	-$1.10	-12.90

Which has more volatility & risk, MSBI or CMPO?

Midland States Bancorp has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CompoSecure has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MSBI or CMPO?

Midland States Bancorp received 145 more outperform votes than CompoSecure when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.27% of users gave CompoSecure an outperform vote while only 45.90% of users gave Midland States Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Midland States Bancorp	Outperform Votes 179 45.90%	Underperform Votes 211 54.10%
CompoSecure	Outperform Votes 34 77.27%	Underperform Votes 10 22.73%

Summary

CompoSecure beats Midland States Bancorp on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.