Merchants Bancorp (MBIN) Competitors

Merchants Bancorp (NASDAQ:MBIN) and Banco Macro (NYSE:BMA) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.

Is MBIN or BMA more profitable?

Merchants Bancorp has a net margin of 21.33% compared to Banco Macro's net margin of 15.12%. Banco Macro's return on equity of 26.55% beat Merchants Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Merchants Bancorp	21.33%	22.36%	1.69%
Banco Macro	15.12%	26.55%	7.77%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MBIN or BMA?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Merchants Bancorp	$632.02M	2.62	$279.23M	$6.04	5.99
Banco Macro	$3.42T	0.00	$2.23B	$11.41	8.48

Is MBIN or BMA a better dividend stock?

Merchants Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Banco Macro pays an annual dividend of $5.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Merchants Bancorp pays out 6.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Macro pays out 51.5% 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.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in MBIN or BMA?

24.6% of Merchants Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.7% of Merchants Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of Banco Macro shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, MBIN or BMA?

Merchants Bancorp has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Macro has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer MBIN or BMA?

In the previous week, Banco Macro had 9 more articles in the media than Merchants Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Banco Macro and 2 mentions for Merchants Bancorp. Banco Macro's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Merchants Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Banco Macro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Merchants Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Banco Macro	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate MBIN or BMA?

Merchants Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $53.83, indicating a potential upside of 48.92%. Banco Macro has a consensus price target of $50.83, indicating a potential downside of 47.43%. Given Merchants Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Merchants Bancorp is more favorable than Banco Macro.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Merchants Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Banco Macro	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MBIN or BMA?

Banco Macro received 131 more outperform votes than Merchants Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.89% of users gave Merchants Bancorp an outperform vote while only 62.83% of users gave Banco Macro an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Merchants Bancorp	Outperform Votes 207 64.89%	Underperform Votes 112 35.11%
Banco Macro	Outperform Votes 338 62.83%	Underperform Votes 200 37.17%

Summary

Banco Macro beats Merchants Bancorp on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.