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Mercantile Bank (MBWM) Competitors

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$49.43 +0.47 (+0.96%)
Closing price 07/8/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$49.48 +0.05 (+0.10%)
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MBWM vs. BUSE, CTBI, FRME, GSBC, IBCP, PEBO, STBA, TCBK, THFF, and WSBC

Should you be buying Mercantile Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercantile Bank include First Busey (BUSE), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Merchants (FRME), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Independent Bank (IBCP), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), S&T Bancorp (STBA), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), First Financial Corporation Indiana (THFF), and WesBanco (WSBC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Mercantile Bank vs. Its Competitors

Mercantile Bank (NASDAQ:MBWM) and First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Mercantile Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Mercantile Bank pays out 30.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Busey pays out 93.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mercantile Bank has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and First Busey has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Mercantile Bank and Mercantile Bank both had 7 articles in the media. First Busey's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Mercantile Bank's score of 0.29 indicating that First Busey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Mercantile Bank
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
First Busey
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Mercantile Bank has a net margin of 21.35% compared to First Busey's net margin of 8.32%. Mercantile Bank's return on equity of 13.33% beat First Busey's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mercantile Bank21.35% 13.33% 1.31%
First Busey 8.32%8.46%0.96%

Mercantile Bank currently has a consensus price target of $52.83, indicating a potential upside of 6.89%. First Busey has a consensus price target of $27.67, indicating a potential upside of 13.85%. Given First Busey's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Busey is more favorable than Mercantile Bank.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Mercantile Bank
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
First Busey
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Mercantile Bank has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Busey has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

58.6% of Mercantile Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of First Busey shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Mercantile Bank shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of First Busey shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

First Busey has higher revenue and earnings than Mercantile Bank. Mercantile Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Busey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mercantile Bank$361.89M2.22$79.59M$4.8210.26
First Busey$663.36M3.28$113.69M$1.0722.71

Summary

Mercantile Bank and First Busey tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MBWM vs. The Competition

MetricMercantile BankBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$794.88M$2.49B$11.91B$8.95B
Dividend Yield3.02%3.50%5.57%4.06%
P/E Ratio10.2611.9219.9820.10
Price / Sales2.222.2025.43120.24
Price / Cash8.7710.8721.4457.86
Price / Book1.371.242.265.56
Net Income$79.59M$174.52M$990.08M$248.40M
7 Day Performance0.94%0.64%0.22%4.67%
1 Month Performance10.73%5.86%2.88%6.64%
1 Year Performance26.52%25.82%541.16%21.31%

Mercantile Bank Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
2.6824 of 5 stars
$49.43
+1.0%
$52.83
+6.9%
+27.7%$794.88M$361.89M10.26670News Coverage
High Trading Volume
BUSE
First Busey
4.6975 of 5 stars
$22.89
-1.4%
$27.33
+19.4%
+3.0%$2.08B$663.36M21.391,548Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
3.4417 of 5 stars
$52.92
-0.3%
$57.00
+7.7%
+32.5%$961.51M$376.01M11.05980Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FRME
First Merchants
4.778 of 5 stars
$38.30
-0.9%
$46.40
+21.1%
+25.5%$2.25B$1.07B10.762,120Positive News
GSBC
Great Southern Bancorp
2.2523 of 5 stars
$58.78
-0.9%
$59.50
+1.2%
+15.6%$680.51M$355.26M10.501,108Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
IBCP
Independent Bank
3.0103 of 5 stars
$32.41
-0.6%
$36.67
+13.1%
+31.9%$675.92M$323.14M10.32920Positive News
PEBO
Peoples Bancorp
3.3625 of 5 stars
$30.54
-0.1%
$36.00
+17.9%
+9.5%$1.09B$620.14M9.701,479
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.2076 of 5 stars
$37.82
-0.5%
$41.67
+10.2%
+21.7%$1.46B$564.96M10.901,206
TCBK
TriCo Bancshares
3.0364 of 5 stars
$40.49
-1.7%
$47.80
+18.1%
+11.2%$1.35B$531.04M11.801,201
THFF
First Financial Corporation Indiana
3.6369 of 5 stars
$54.19
0.0%
$55.67
+2.7%
+55.9%$642.42M$307.51M11.73880Analyst Forecast
WSBC
WesBanco
4.9109 of 5 stars
$31.63
-0.1%
$38.71
+22.4%
+21.3%$3.03B$953.62M20.672,195

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This page (NASDAQ:MBWM) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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