MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS) Competitors

Core Scientific (NASDAQ:CORZ) and MetroCity Bankshares (NASDAQ:MCBS) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Is CORZ or MCBS more profitable?

MetroCity Bankshares has a net margin of 27.33% compared to Core Scientific's net margin of 0.00%. MetroCity Bankshares' return on equity of 15.98% beat Core Scientific's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Core Scientific	N/A	N/A	N/A
MetroCity Bankshares	27.33%	15.98%	1.79%

Do analysts rate CORZ or MCBS?

Core Scientific presently has a consensus price target of $19.07, suggesting a potential upside of 138.33%. MetroCity Bankshares has a consensus price target of $36.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.34%. Given Core Scientific's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Core Scientific is more favorable than MetroCity Bankshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Core Scientific	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.06
MetroCity Bankshares	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CORZ or MCBS?

Core Scientific received 38 more outperform votes than MetroCity Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.73% of users gave Core Scientific an outperform vote while only 43.90% of users gave MetroCity Bankshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Core Scientific	Outperform Votes 56 72.73%	Underperform Votes 21 27.27%
MetroCity Bankshares	Outperform Votes 18 43.90%	Underperform Votes 23 56.10%

Which has more volatility & risk, CORZ or MCBS?

Core Scientific has a beta of 6.83, indicating that its stock price is 583% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MetroCity Bankshares has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CORZ or MCBS?

MetroCity Bankshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Core Scientific. Core Scientific is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MetroCity Bankshares, 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
Core Scientific	$510.67M	4.61	-$1.62B	-$5.50	-1.45
MetroCity Bankshares	$139.66M	5.02	$64.50M	$2.51	11.00

Does the media favor CORZ or MCBS?

In the previous week, Core Scientific had 15 more articles in the media than MetroCity Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Core Scientific and 1 mentions for MetroCity Bankshares. MetroCity Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Core Scientific's score of 0.98 indicating that MetroCity Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Core Scientific	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MetroCity Bankshares	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CORZ or MCBS?

25.3% of MetroCity Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.0% of Core Scientific shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.5% of MetroCity Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Core Scientific beats MetroCity Bankshares on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.