Metropolitan Bank (MCB) Competitors

Riot Platforms (NASDAQ:RIOT) and Metropolitan Bank (NYSE:MCB) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Do analysts prefer RIOT or MCB?

Riot Platforms presently has a consensus price target of $16.73, suggesting a potential upside of 118.74%. Metropolitan Bank has a consensus price target of $78.13, suggesting a potential upside of 25.92%. Given Riot Platforms' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Riot Platforms is more favorable than Metropolitan Bank.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Riot Platforms	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.08
Metropolitan Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RIOT or MCB?

Riot Platforms received 341 more outperform votes than Metropolitan Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.65% of users gave Riot Platforms an outperform vote while only 68.48% of users gave Metropolitan Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Riot Platforms	Outperform Votes 530 68.65%	Underperform Votes 242 31.35%
Metropolitan Bank	Outperform Votes 189 68.48%	Underperform Votes 87 31.52%

Which has better valuation and earnings, RIOT or MCB?

Metropolitan Bank has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Riot Platforms. Metropolitan Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Riot Platforms, 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
Riot Platforms	$376.66M	7.11	-$49.47M	$0.39	19.61
Metropolitan Bank	$280.79M	2.45	$66.69M	$5.91	10.50

Does the media prefer RIOT or MCB?

In the previous week, Riot Platforms had 1 more articles in the media than Metropolitan Bank. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Riot Platforms and 4 mentions for Metropolitan Bank. Metropolitan Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Riot Platforms' score of 0.39 indicating that Metropolitan Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Riot Platforms	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Metropolitan Bank	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in RIOT or MCB?

40.3% of Riot Platforms shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.8% of Metropolitan Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.9% of Riot Platforms shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Metropolitan Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, RIOT or MCB?

Riot Platforms has a beta of 4.6, suggesting that its share price is 360% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metropolitan Bank has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RIOT or MCB more profitable?

Riot Platforms has a net margin of 16.67% compared to Metropolitan Bank's net margin of 13.55%. Metropolitan Bank's return on equity of 10.89% beat Riot Platforms' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Riot Platforms	16.67%	2.15%	2.02%
Metropolitan Bank	13.55%	10.89%	1.02%

Summary

Riot Platforms beats Metropolitan Bank on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.