Metropolitan Bank (MCB) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, DCOM or MCB?

Metropolitan Bank has higher revenue and earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dime Community Bancshares	$358.33M	3.69	$29.08M	$0.84	35.83
Metropolitan Bank	$492.21M	1.64	$66.69M	$6.17	12.57

Does the media favor DCOM or MCB?

In the previous week, Metropolitan Bank had 3 more articles in the media than Dime Community Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Metropolitan Bank and 3 mentions for Dime Community Bancshares. Dime Community Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Metropolitan Bank's score of 0.23 indicating that Dime Community Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dime Community Bancshares	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Metropolitan Bank	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in DCOM or MCB?

75.3% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.8% of Metropolitan Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Metropolitan Bank shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is DCOM or MCB more profitable?

Metropolitan Bank has a net margin of 13.68% compared to Dime Community Bancshares' net margin of 6.74%. Metropolitan Bank's return on equity of 10.69% beat Dime Community Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dime Community Bancshares	6.74%	6.90%	0.62%
Metropolitan Bank	13.68%	10.69%	1.03%

Do analysts prefer DCOM or MCB?

Dime Community Bancshares currently has a consensus target price of $36.88, suggesting a potential upside of 22.51%. Metropolitan Bank has a consensus target price of $82.67, suggesting a potential upside of 6.58%. Given Dime Community Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Dime Community Bancshares is more favorable than Metropolitan Bank.

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

Is DCOM or MCB a better dividend stock?

Dime Community Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Metropolitan Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Dime Community Bancshares pays out 119.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Metropolitan Bank pays out 9.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dime Community Bancshares has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Dime Community Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, DCOM or MCB?

Dime Community Bancshares has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metropolitan Bank has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Dime Community Bancshares beats Metropolitan Bank on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.