MCBC vs. MCB, STXB, CSTR, SMMF, OSBC, IBTX, HTLF, TFIN, OFG, and FBK
Should you be buying Macatawa Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Macatawa Bank include Metropolitan Bank (MCB), Spirit of Texas Bancshares (STXB), CapStar Financial (CSTR), Summit Financial Group (SMMF), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), Independent Bank Group (IBTX), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), Triumph Financial (TFIN), OFG Bancorp (OFG), and FB Financial (FBK).
Macatawa Bank (NASDAQ:MCBC) and Metropolitan Bank (NYSE:MCB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Macatawa Bank received 14 more outperform votes than Metropolitan Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.66% of users gave Metropolitan Bank an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave Macatawa Bank an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Macatawa Bank had 1 more articles in the media than Metropolitan Bank. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Macatawa Bank and 1 mentions for Metropolitan Bank. Macatawa Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Metropolitan Bank'saverage media sentiment score.
42.5% of Macatawa Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.8% of Metropolitan Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of Macatawa Bank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Metropolitan Bank shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Macatawa Bank currently has a consensus price target of $12.83, suggesting a potential downside of 6.60%. Metropolitan Bank has a consensus price target of $56.50, suggesting a potential upside of 44.02%. Given Metropolitan Bank's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Metropolitan Bank is more favorable than Macatawa Bank.
Macatawa Bank has a net margin of 30.56% compared to Metropolitan Bank's net margin of 15.82%. Macatawa Bank's return on equity of 14.73% beat Metropolitan Bank's return on equity.
Macatawa Bank has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metropolitan Bank has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Metropolitan Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Macatawa Bank. Metropolitan Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Macatawa Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Macatawa Bank and Metropolitan Bank tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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