Metropolitan Bank (MCB) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. operates Metropolitan Commercial Bank, a full-service commercial bank headquartered in New York City. The bank serves businesses, entrepreneurs, professionals, public entities and real estate investors, primarily in the New York metropolitan area.

Its services include business and personal deposit accounts, commercial and industrial loans, commercial real estate financing, and treasury management services. The bank also provides specialized lending and payment solutions to business clients.

Metropolitan Commercial Bank was established in 1999 and focuses on relationship-based banking for commercial customers, alongside banking services for individuals.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $95.75 to $97.36
• 50-Day Range: $86.32 to $97.75
• 52-Week Range: $67.17 to $102.04
• Volume: 86,779 shs
• Average Volume: 182,506 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.18 billion
• P/E Ratio: 9.83
• Dividend Yield: 1.65%
• Price Target: $105.00
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Metropolitan Bank Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Metropolitan Bank scored higher than 56% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 570th out of 852 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Metropolitan Bank has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 2 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Metropolitan Bank is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Metropolitan Bank has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Metropolitan Bank is 9.86, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.56.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Metropolitan Bank is 9.86, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 21.33.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Metropolitan Bank has a P/B Ratio of 1.34. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.56% of the float of Metropolitan Bank has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Metropolitan Bank has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.55, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Metropolitan Bank has recently decreased by 5.06%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Metropolitan Bank pays a meaningful dividend of 1.66%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Metropolitan Bank does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Metropolitan Bank is 16.31%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Metropolitan Bank has a news sentiment score of -1.05. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.65 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Metropolitan Bank this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Metropolitan Bank to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Metropolitan Bank insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $178,180.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

5.50% of the stock of Metropolitan Bank is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

79.83% of the stock of Metropolitan Bank is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 10/20/2026
• Record date for 11/10 Dividend: 10/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 11/10 Dividend: 10/30/2026
• Dividend Payable: 11/10/2026
• Today: 11/11/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 1/19/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Regional Banks
• Current Symbol: NYSE:MCB
• CIK: 1476034
• Web: www.mcbankny.com
• Phone: (212) 659-0600
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 328
• Year Founded: 1999

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Metropolitan Bank: $105.00
• High Price Target: $110.00
• Low Price Target: $100.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +8.5%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $9.81
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 9.86
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $71.10 million
• Net Margins: 18.03%
• Pretax Margin: 20.42%
• Return on Equity: 12.63%
• Return on Assets: 1.29%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.02
• Current Ratio: 0.97
• Quick Ratio: 0.97

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $370.47 million
• Price / Sales: 3.19
• Cash Flow: $5.85 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 16.54
• Book Value: $72.16 per share
• Price / Book: 1.34

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 12,206,000
• Free Float: 11,716,000
• Market Cap: $1.18 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.01