MCB vs. PRK, LU, IREN, FBK, PPBI, INTR, FINV, CIFR, PWP, and MBIN
Should you be buying Metropolitan Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Metropolitan Bank include Park National (PRK), Lufax (LU), Iris Energy (IREN), FB Financial (FBK), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), FinVolution Group (FINV), Cipher Mining (CIFR), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), and Merchants Bancorp (MBIN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Metropolitan Bank vs.
Park National (NYSE:PRK) and Metropolitan Bank (NYSE:MCB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Park National has higher revenue and earnings than Metropolitan Bank. Metropolitan Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Park National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Park National had 25 more articles in the media than Metropolitan Bank. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Park National and 2 mentions for Metropolitan Bank. Metropolitan Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Park National's score of -0.25 indicating that Metropolitan Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Park National presently has a consensus price target of $181.75, indicating a potential upside of 11.34%. Metropolitan Bank has a consensus price target of $78.13, indicating a potential upside of 31.77%. Given Metropolitan Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Metropolitan Bank is more favorable than Park National.
Park National has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metropolitan Bank has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Metropolitan Bank received 189 more outperform votes than Park National when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.48% of users gave Metropolitan Bank an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Park National an outperform vote.
Park National has a net margin of 23.46% compared to Metropolitan Bank's net margin of 13.55%. Park National's return on equity of 12.31% beat Metropolitan Bank's return on equity.
62.7% of Park National shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.8% of Metropolitan Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Park National shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Metropolitan Bank shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Park National and Metropolitan Bank tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MCB) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
