MCB vs. HTLF, OFG, FBK, MBIN, TFIN, RNST, BANR, LKFN, LOB, and EFSC
Should you be buying Metropolitan Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Metropolitan Bank include Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), OFG Bancorp (OFG), FB Financial (FBK), Merchants Bancorp (MBIN), Triumph Financial (TFIN), Renasant (RNST), Banner (BANR), Lakeland Financial (LKFN), Live Oak Bancshares (LOB), and Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Metropolitan Bank (NYSE:MCB) and Heartland Financial USA (NASDAQ:HTLF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
In the previous week, Heartland Financial USA had 5 more articles in the media than Metropolitan Bank. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Heartland Financial USA and 0 mentions for Metropolitan Bank. Heartland Financial USA's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Metropolitan Bank's score of 1.34 indicating that Heartland Financial USA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Metropolitan Bank presently has a consensus price target of $56.50, indicating a potential upside of 34.36%. Heartland Financial USA has a consensus price target of $45.60, indicating a potential upside of 3.73%. Given Metropolitan Bank's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Metropolitan Bank is more favorable than Heartland Financial USA.
Heartland Financial USA has higher revenue and earnings than Metropolitan Bank. Metropolitan Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heartland Financial USA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
79.8% of Metropolitan Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.6% of Heartland Financial USA shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Metropolitan Bank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Heartland Financial USA shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Metropolitan Bank has a net margin of 15.82% compared to Heartland Financial USA's net margin of 8.17%. Heartland Financial USA's return on equity of 11.33% beat Metropolitan Bank's return on equity.
Metropolitan Bank has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Heartland Financial USA has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Heartland Financial USA received 217 more outperform votes than Metropolitan Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.66% of users gave Metropolitan Bank an outperform vote while only 58.68% of users gave Heartland Financial USA an outperform vote.
Summary
Heartland Financial USA beats Metropolitan Bank on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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