Mercantile Bank (MBWM) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend MBWM or BOH?

Mercantile Bank currently has a consensus target price of $54.67, suggesting a potential upside of 22.87%. Bank of Hawaii has a consensus target price of $73.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.58%. Given Mercantile Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mercantile Bank is more favorable than Bank of Hawaii.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mercantile Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Bank of Hawaii	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in MBWM or BOH?

58.6% of Mercantile Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Bank of Hawaii shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Mercantile Bank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Bank of Hawaii shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MBWM or BOH a better dividend stock?

Mercantile Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Bank of Hawaii pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Mercantile Bank pays out 29.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of Hawaii pays out 80.9% 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.

Is MBWM or BOH more profitable?

Mercantile Bank has a net margin of 21.99% compared to Bank of Hawaii's net margin of 14.47%. Mercantile Bank's return on equity of 14.29% beat Bank of Hawaii's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mercantile Bank	21.99%	14.29%	1.41%
Bank of Hawaii	14.47%	11.81%	0.65%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MBWM or BOH?

Mercantile Bank received 66 more outperform votes than Bank of Hawaii when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.06% of users gave Mercantile Bank an outperform vote while only 47.78% of users gave Bank of Hawaii an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mercantile Bank	Outperform Votes 313 59.06%	Underperform Votes 217 40.94%
Bank of Hawaii	Outperform Votes 247 47.78%	Underperform Votes 270 52.22%

Which has more risk and volatility, MBWM or BOH?

Mercantile Bank has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Hawaii has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to MBWM or BOH?

In the previous week, Bank of Hawaii had 2 more articles in the media than Mercantile Bank. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Bank of Hawaii and 3 mentions for Mercantile Bank. Mercantile Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Bank of Hawaii's score of 1.08 indicating that Mercantile Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mercantile Bank	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Bank of Hawaii	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, MBWM or BOH?

Bank of Hawaii has higher revenue and earnings than Mercantile Bank. Mercantile Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of Hawaii, 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
Mercantile Bank	$231.48M	3.12	$79.59M	$4.95	8.99
Bank of Hawaii	$632.34M	4.39	$149.99M	$3.46	20.17

Summary

Mercantile Bank beats Bank of Hawaii on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.