MCB vs. EBC, EWBC, HTBK, OBK, OCFC, 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 Eastern Bankshares (EBC), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), Origin Bancorp (OBK), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), 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 Eastern Bankshares (NASDAQ:EBC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
Eastern Bankshares has higher revenue and earnings than Metropolitan Bank. Eastern Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Metropolitan Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Metropolitan Bank has a net margin of 13.68% compared to Eastern Bankshares' net margin of -6.49%. Metropolitan Bank's return on equity of 10.69% beat Eastern Bankshares' return on equity.
Metropolitan Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Eastern Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Metropolitan Bank pays out 9.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eastern Bankshares pays out -167.7% 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. Eastern Bankshares has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Eastern Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Eastern Bankshares had 2 more articles in the media than Metropolitan Bank. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Eastern Bankshares and 2 mentions for Metropolitan Bank. Eastern Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Metropolitan Bank's score of 1.30 indicating that Eastern Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Metropolitan Bank presently has a consensus price target of $82.67, indicating a potential upside of 2.93%. Eastern Bankshares has a consensus price target of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.95%. Given Eastern Bankshares' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Eastern Bankshares is more favorable than Metropolitan Bank.
Metropolitan Bank has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastern Bankshares has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
79.8% of Metropolitan Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Eastern Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Metropolitan Bank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Eastern Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Eastern Bankshares beats Metropolitan Bank on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:MCB) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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