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Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO) Competitors

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$29.92 +0.46 (+1.56%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

FMAO vs. CLBK, MBIN, NIC, CUBI, QCRH, CMPO, SUPV, BY, FBMS, and CCB

Should you be buying Farmers & Merchants Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp include Columbia Financial (CLBK), Merchants Bancorp (MBIN), Nicolet Bankshares (NIC), Customers Bancorp (CUBI), QCR (QCRH), CompoSecure (CMPO), Grupo Supervielle (SUPV), Byline Bancorp (BY), First Bancshares (FBMS), and Coastal Financial (CCB). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp vs.

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (NASDAQ:FMAO) and Columbia Financial (NASDAQ:CLBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Columbia Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Farmers & Merchants Bancorp. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbia Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp$96.56M4.24$22.79M$1.7017.60
Columbia Financial$213.75M7.80$36.09M$0.15106.20

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp received 55 more outperform votes than Columbia Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.98% of users gave Columbia Financial an outperform vote while only 57.61% of users gave Farmers & Merchants Bancorp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Farmers & Merchants BancorpOutperform Votes
193
57.61%
Underperform Votes
142
42.39%
Columbia FinancialOutperform Votes
138
67.98%
Underperform Votes
65
32.02%

24.0% of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.7% of Columbia Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Columbia Financial shares are owned by 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.

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbia Financial has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp has a net margin of 13.16% compared to Columbia Financial's net margin of 3.35%. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's return on equity of 7.16% beat Columbia Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp13.16% 7.16% 0.70%
Columbia Financial 3.35%2.09%0.21%

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential downside of 19.79%. Columbia Financial has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.72%. Given Columbia Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Columbia Financial is more favorable than Farmers & Merchants Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Columbia Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, Farmers & Merchants Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than Columbia Financial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Farmers & Merchants Bancorp and 0 mentions for Columbia Financial. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Columbia Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Farmers & Merchants Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp Positive
Columbia Financial Neutral

Summary

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp beats Columbia Financial on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FMAO vs. The Competition

MetricFarmers & Merchants BancorpFederal savings institutions IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$409.87M$2.74B$11.01B$9.07B
Dividend Yield2.98%3.19%9.87%4.22%
P/E Ratio17.6015.2928.5417.19
Price / Sales4.243.9548.52116.80
Price / Cash16.8619.3930.3637.86
Price / Book1.291.002.744.78
Net Income$22.79M$358.89M$1.03B$225.60M
7 Day Performance-6.41%-1.85%-2.88%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-7.57%-0.46%-2.87%3.37%
1 Year Performance17.80%10.15%11.31%16.58%

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FMAO
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp
1.7124 of 5 stars
$29.92
+1.6%
$24.00
-19.8%
+19.9%$409.87M$96.56M17.60430Dividend Increase
High Trading Volume
CLBK
Columbia Financial
0.544 of 5 stars
$16.95
+0.1%
$17.00
+0.3%
-16.5%$1.78B$422.36M112.67750
MBIN
Merchants Bancorp
3.1079 of 5 stars
$37.82
-1.7%
$53.83
+42.3%
-12.5%$1.73B$1.19B6.37480Positive News
NIC
Nicolet Bankshares
2.8869 of 5 stars
$113.41
+1.1%
$112.00
-1.2%
+32.2%$1.73B$349.34M14.27948
CUBI
Customers Bancorp
4.1473 of 5 stars
$53.12
-0.7%
$62.22
+17.1%
-14.5%$1.67B$723.48M8.69640Analyst Revision
QCRH
QCR
3.2153 of 5 stars
$88.60
+0.3%
$76.00
-14.2%
+39.7%$1.49B$546.09M12.831,030News Coverage
Positive News
CMPO
CompoSecure
1.7672 of 5 stars
$16.80
+1.5%
$16.36
-2.6%
+192.6%$1.48B$419.61M-37.61720Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
SUPV
Grupo Supervielle
1.8435 of 5 stars
$15.40
+16.5%
$13.67
-11.3%
+273.1%$1.41B$578.06B21.533,663
BY
Byline Bancorp
3.0501 of 5 stars
$31.40
+0.9%
$30.88
-1.7%
+23.8%$1.39B$535.79M11.321,055
FBMS
First Bancshares
1.5465 of 5 stars
$37.02
+2.4%
$37.17
+0.4%
+19.2%$1.15B$267.28M16.371,078
CCB
Coastal Financial
3.7735 of 5 stars
$84.61
+1.9%
$81.67
-3.5%
+81.9%$1.15B$444.25M27.95380

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This page (NASDAQ:FMAO) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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