Signature Bank (SBNY) Competitors

Middlefield Banc (NASDAQ:MBCN) and Signature Bank (NASDAQ:SBNY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends and media sentiment.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in MBCN or SBNY?

31.7% of Middlefield Banc shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.1% of Signature Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Middlefield Banc shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Signature Bank shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate MBCN or SBNY?

Middlefield Banc presently has a consensus target price of $28.50, suggesting a potential downside of 2.46%. Given Middlefield Banc's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Middlefield Banc is more favorable than Signature Bank.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Middlefield Banc	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Signature Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is MBCN or SBNY a better dividend stock?

Middlefield Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Signature Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 101.4%. Middlefield Banc pays out 41.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MBCN or SBNY?

Middlefield Banc received 193 more outperform votes than Signature Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.96% of users gave Middlefield Banc an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Signature Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Middlefield Banc	Outperform Votes 193 57.96%	Underperform Votes 140 42.04%
Signature Bank	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 83 100.00%

Which has more risk & volatility, MBCN or SBNY?

Middlefield Banc has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Signature Bank has a beta of 10.04, suggesting that its stock price is 904% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and earnings, MBCN or SBNY?

Signature Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Middlefield Banc.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Middlefield Banc	$67.89M	3.48	$15.52M	$2.01	14.54
Signature Bank	$2.70B	0.02	$1.34B	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer MBCN or SBNY?

In the previous week, Middlefield Banc had 1 more articles in the media than Signature Bank. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Middlefield Banc and 1 mentions for Signature Bank. Middlefield Banc's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Signature Bank's score of 0.00 indicating that Middlefield Banc is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Middlefield Banc	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Signature Bank	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is MBCN or SBNY more profitable?

Middlefield Banc has a net margin of 14.31% compared to Signature Bank's net margin of 0.00%. Middlefield Banc's return on equity of 7.47% beat Signature Bank's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Middlefield Banc	14.31%	7.47%	0.85%
Signature Bank	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Middlefield Banc beats Signature Bank on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.