FMAO vs. VBTX, SUPV, LX, OPFI, BY, QCRH, CMPO, OBK, OBNK, and CCB
Should you be buying Farmers & Merchants Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp include Veritex (VBTX), Grupo Supervielle (SUPV), LexinFintech (LX), OppFi (OPFI), Byline Bancorp (BY), QCR (QCRH), CompoSecure (CMPO), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Origin Bancorp (OBNK), and Coastal Financial (CCB). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp vs.
Veritex (NASDAQ:VBTX) and Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (NASDAQ:FMAO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and earnings.
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp has a net margin of 14.48% compared to Veritex's net margin of 13.44%. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's return on equity of 7.97% beat Veritex's return on equity.
Veritex received 45 more outperform votes than Farmers & Merchants Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.61% of users gave Farmers & Merchants Bancorp an outperform vote while only 51.18% of users gave Veritex an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Veritex had 3 more articles in the media than Farmers & Merchants Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Veritex and 2 mentions for Farmers & Merchants Bancorp. Veritex's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's score of 0.47 indicating that Veritex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
88.3% of Veritex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.0% of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Veritex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Veritex pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Veritex pays out 41.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp pays out 46.3% 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. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp has raised its dividend for 19 consecutive years. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Veritex has higher revenue and earnings than Farmers & Merchants Bancorp. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Veritex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Veritex currently has a consensus price target of $31.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.15%. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.72%. Given Veritex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Veritex is more favorable than Farmers & Merchants Bancorp.
Veritex has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Farmers & Merchants Bancorp has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Veritex beats Farmers & Merchants Bancorp on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FMAO) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
