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Metropolitan Bank (MCB) Competitors

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$74.91 +1.45 (+1.97%)
As of 07/3/2025 03:30 PM Eastern

MCB vs. DCOM, EBC, EWBC, HTBK, OBK, SBCF, VBTX, ZION, KEY, and WAL

Should you be buying Metropolitan Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Metropolitan Bank include Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Eastern Bankshares (EBC), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida (SBCF), Veritex (VBTX), Zions Bancorporation, N.A. (ZION), KeyCorp (KEY), and Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Metropolitan Bank vs. Its Competitors

Metropolitan Bank (NYSE:MCB) and Dime Community Bancshares (NASDAQ:DCOM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Metropolitan Bank has a net margin of 13.49% compared to Dime Community Bancshares' net margin of 5.08%. Metropolitan Bank's return on equity of 10.53% beat Dime Community Bancshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Metropolitan Bank13.49% 10.53% 1.02%
Dime Community Bancshares 5.08%6.05%0.53%

Metropolitan Bank has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Dime Community Bancshares. Metropolitan Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dime Community Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Metropolitan Bank$492.21M1.62$66.69M$5.9112.68
Dime Community Bancshares$646.19M1.94$29.08M$0.6345.46

In the previous week, Dime Community Bancshares had 5 more articles in the media than Metropolitan Bank. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Dime Community Bancshares and 3 mentions for Metropolitan Bank. Metropolitan Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Dime Community Bancshares' score of 0.02 indicating that Metropolitan Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Metropolitan Bank
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Dime Community Bancshares
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Metropolitan Bank currently has a consensus target price of $77.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.79%. Dime Community Bancshares has a consensus target price of $36.88, suggesting a potential upside of 28.75%. Given Dime Community Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dime Community Bancshares is more favorable than Metropolitan Bank.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Metropolitan Bank
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Dime Community Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25

79.8% of Metropolitan Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of Metropolitan Bank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are owned 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.

Metropolitan Bank has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dime Community Bancshares has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Metropolitan Bank beats Dime Community Bancshares on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MCB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MCB vs. The Competition

MetricMetropolitan BankBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$783.09M$863.00M$12.04B$20.55B
Dividend YieldN/A3.15%5.57%3.75%
P/E Ratio12.6819.4020.0728.05
Price / Sales1.622.0725.5945.87
Price / Cash12.8449.0521.5022.31
Price / Book1.151.132.284.59
Net Income$66.69M$53.76M$1.00B$985.44M
7 Day Performance6.88%4.36%2.19%2.78%
1 Month Performance17.41%8.34%4.44%5.40%
1 Year Performance77.30%28.16%540.82%14.61%

Metropolitan Bank Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MCB
Metropolitan Bank
2.3754 of 5 stars
$74.91
+2.0%
$77.00
+2.8%
+77.3%$783.09M$492.21M12.68240
DCOM
Dime Community Bancshares
3.9705 of 5 stars
$26.94
-1.3%
$36.88
+36.9%
+44.9%$1.20B$646.19M42.76820Analyst Revision
EBC
Eastern Bankshares
4.3614 of 5 stars
$15.27
+0.4%
$19.25
+26.1%
+15.5%$3.25B$1.09B-23.491,998News Coverage
EWBC
East West Bancorp
3.7204 of 5 stars
$100.98
-0.1%
$107.85
+6.8%
+49.9%$13.94B$4.53B12.053,100Analyst Forecast
HTBK
Heritage Commerce
3.0822 of 5 stars
$9.93
+1.4%
$11.00
+10.8%
+27.2%$603.02M$251.45M14.60330Positive News
High Trading Volume
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.2586 of 5 stars
$35.77
+0.0%
$42.20
+18.0%
+22.1%$1.11B$358.20M14.541,010News Coverage
Analyst Revision
SBCF
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida
2.2253 of 5 stars
$27.62
+0.5%
$29.20
+5.7%
+27.1%$2.36B$808.99M18.541,504Positive News
High Trading Volume
VBTX
Veritex
4.2979 of 5 stars
$26.10
-0.2%
$30.25
+15.9%
+32.7%$1.42B$797.62M12.79770Positive News
ZION
Zions Bancorporation, N.A.
4.7645 of 5 stars
$51.94
+0.9%
$57.94
+11.6%
+26.0%$7.60B$4.99B10.149,406Analyst Forecast
KEY
KeyCorp
4.9077 of 5 stars
$17.45
+1.3%
$18.92
+8.4%
+29.4%$18.87B$9.24B-102.6516,753Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
WAL
Western Alliance Bancorporation
4.9872 of 5 stars
$78.08
+0.6%
$97.77
+25.2%
+32.9%$8.57B$5.08B10.713,524Analyst Forecast

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