First Merchants (FRMEP) Competitors

First Merchants (NASDAQ:FRMEP) and Atlanticus (NASDAQ:ATLCP) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation and community ranking.

Is FRMEP or ATLCP a better dividend stock?

First Merchants pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Atlanticus pays an annual dividend of $1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%.

Which has better valuation and earnings, FRMEP or ATLCP?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Merchants	$626.09M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Atlanticus	$276.49M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FRMEP or ATLCP?

First Merchants and Atlanticus both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Merchants	N/A	N/A
Atlanticus	N/A	N/A

Is FRMEP or ATLCP more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Merchants	N/A	N/A	N/A
Atlanticus	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor FRMEP or ATLCP?

In the previous week, Atlanticus had 5 more articles in the media than First Merchants. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Atlanticus and 1 mentions for First Merchants. First Merchants' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Atlanticus' score of 0.62 indicating that First Merchants is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Merchants	Very Positive
Atlanticus	Positive

Summary

First Merchants and Atlanticus tied by winning 2 of the 4 factors compared between the two stocks.