UVSP vs. MBWM, CPF, FCBC, HBNC, GSBC, HTBK, EGBN, FMNB, CCBG, and THFF
Should you be buying Univest Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Univest Financial include Mercantile Bank (MBWM), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), Farmers National Banc (FMNB), Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), and First Financial (THFF). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Mercantile Bank (NASDAQ:MBWM) and Univest Financial (NASDAQ:UVSP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.
Mercantile Bank has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Univest Financial has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mercantile Bank received 148 more outperform votes than Univest Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.08% of users gave Mercantile Bank an outperform vote while only 50.95% of users gave Univest Financial an outperform vote.
Mercantile Bank presently has a consensus target price of $47.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.41%. Univest Financial has a consensus target price of $19.50, indicating a potential downside of 2.50%. Given Univest Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Mercantile Bank is more favorable than Univest Financial.
Mercantile Bank has a net margin of 25.58% compared to Mercantile Bank's net margin of 15.85%. Univest Financial's return on equity of 16.74% beat Mercantile Bank's return on equity.
Mercantile Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Univest Financial. Mercantile Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Univest Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mercantile Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Univest Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Mercantile Bank pays out 27.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Univest Financial pays out 34.9% 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. Mercantile Bank has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Mercantile Bank had 1 more articles in the media than Univest Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Mercantile Bank and 5 mentions for Univest Financial. Univest Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Mercantile Bank's score of 0.18 indicating that Mercantile Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.
58.6% of Mercantile Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of Univest Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Mercantile Bank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Univest Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Mercantile Bank beats Univest Financial on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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