Merchants Bancorp (MBIN) Competitors

Mr. Cooper Group (NASDAQ:COOP) and Merchants Bancorp (NASDAQ:MBIN) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in COOP or MBIN?

89.8% of Mr. Cooper Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.6% of Merchants Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Mr. Cooper Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.7% of Merchants Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in COOP or MBIN?

Merchants Bancorp received 11 more outperform votes than Mr. Cooper Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.91% of users gave Merchants Bancorp an outperform vote while only 62.46% of users gave Mr. Cooper Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mr. Cooper Group	Outperform Votes 198 62.46%	Underperform Votes 119 37.54%
Merchants Bancorp	Outperform Votes 209 64.91%	Underperform Votes 113 35.09%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, COOP or MBIN?

Mr. Cooper Group has higher revenue and earnings than Merchants Bancorp. Merchants Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mr. Cooper Group, 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
Mr. Cooper Group	$3.02B	2.27	$669M	$10.18	10.57
Merchants Bancorp	$666.97M	2.63	$320.39M	$6.31	6.06

Which has more risk and volatility, COOP or MBIN?

Mr. Cooper Group has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Merchants Bancorp has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is COOP or MBIN more profitable?

Mr. Cooper Group has a net margin of 30.07% compared to Merchants Bancorp's net margin of 22.08%. Merchants Bancorp's return on equity of 22.86% beat Mr. Cooper Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mr. Cooper Group	30.07%	14.76%	4.15%
Merchants Bancorp	22.08%	22.86%	1.76%

Does the media prefer COOP or MBIN?

In the previous week, Mr. Cooper Group had 2 more articles in the media than Merchants Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Mr. Cooper Group and 6 mentions for Merchants Bancorp. Merchants Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Mr. Cooper Group's score of 1.00 indicating that Merchants Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mr. Cooper Group	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Merchants Bancorp	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend COOP or MBIN?

Mr. Cooper Group currently has a consensus target price of $112.22, indicating a potential upside of 4.27%. Merchants Bancorp has a consensus target price of $51.50, indicating a potential upside of 34.68%. Given Merchants Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Merchants Bancorp is more favorable than Mr. Cooper Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mr. Cooper Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
Merchants Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

Mr. Cooper Group beats Merchants Bancorp on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.