MCB vs. SMBK, CSTR, PFIS, BCAL, AMNB, BFST, PLBC, FFNW, ESSA, and ISTR
Should you be buying Metropolitan Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Metropolitan Bank include SmartFinancial (SMBK), CapStar Financial (CSTR), Peoples Financial Services (PFIS), Southern California Bancorp (BCAL), American National Bankshares (AMNB), Business First Bancshares (BFST), Plumas Bancorp (PLBC), First Financial Northwest (FFNW), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), and Investar (ISTR).
SmartFinancial (NASDAQ:SMBK) and Metropolitan Bank (NYSE:MCB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
In the previous week, SmartFinancial had 9 more articles in the media than Metropolitan Bank. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for SmartFinancial and 12 mentions for Metropolitan Bank. SmartFinancial's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Metropolitan Bank's score of 0.21 indicating that Metropolitan Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SmartFinancial received 7 more outperform votes than Metropolitan Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.66% of users gave Metropolitan Bank an outperform vote while only 58.51% of users gave SmartFinancial an outperform vote.
SmartFinancial has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metropolitan Bank has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Metropolitan Bank has higher revenue and earnings than SmartFinancial. Metropolitan Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SmartFinancial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
58.8% of SmartFinancial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.8% of Metropolitan Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of SmartFinancial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of Metropolitan Bank shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Metropolitan Bank has a net margin of 15.82% compared to Metropolitan Bank's net margin of 10.65%. SmartFinancial's return on equity of 10.71% beat Metropolitan Bank's return on equity.
SmartFinancial presently has a consensus price target of $25.40, suggesting a potential upside of 21.41%. Metropolitan Bank has a consensus price target of $56.50, suggesting a potential upside of 33.73%. Given SmartFinancial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Metropolitan Bank is more favorable than SmartFinancial.
Summary
Metropolitan Bank beats SmartFinancial on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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