MSBI vs. HTBK, CATC, EQBK, IBCP, TRST, MCBC, BFST, HBNC, HONE, and CCB
Should you be buying Midland States Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Midland States Bancorp include Heritage Commerce (HTBK), Cambridge Bancorp (CATC), Equity Bancshares (EQBK), Independent Bank (IBCP), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Macatawa Bank (MCBC), Business First Bancshares (BFST), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), HarborOne Bancorp (HONE), and Coastal Financial (CCB). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Heritage Commerce (NASDAQ:HTBK) and Midland States Bancorp (NASDAQ:MSBI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
Heritage Commerce has a net margin of 22.84% compared to Heritage Commerce's net margin of 15.17%. Heritage Commerce's return on equity of 11.50% beat Midland States Bancorp's return on equity.
Heritage Commerce presently has a consensus target price of $10.50, indicating a potential upside of 23.53%. Midland States Bancorp has a consensus target price of $25.63, indicating a potential upside of 9.46%. Given Midland States Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Heritage Commerce is more favorable than Midland States Bancorp.
In the previous week, Heritage Commerce had 2 more articles in the media than Midland States Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Heritage Commerce and 0 mentions for Midland States Bancorp. Midland States Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Heritage Commerce's score of 0.00 indicating that Heritage Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Midland States Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Heritage Commerce. Midland States Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heritage Commerce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Heritage Commerce received 123 more outperform votes than Midland States Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.78% of users gave Heritage Commerce an outperform vote while only 46.79% of users gave Midland States Bancorp an outperform vote.
Heritage Commerce has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Midland States Bancorp has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Heritage Commerce pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Midland States Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Heritage Commerce pays out 56.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Midland States Bancorp pays out 42.2% 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. Midland States Bancorp has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years.
75.6% of Heritage Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.9% of Midland States Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Heritage Commerce shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Midland States Bancorp shares are owned by company 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.
Summary
Heritage Commerce beats Midland States Bancorp on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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