Both in Banking & Credit

First Busey vs Merchants Bancorp

Over the past year BUSE returned +29.6% and MBIN returned +69.7%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.61.

BUSE +29.6% MBIN +69.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricBUSEMBIN
Price$29.37$53.43
Market cap$2.42B$2.45B
Today+1.64%+3.09%
1 month−0.1%+7.0%
6 months+9.9%+14.5%
Year to date+23.4%+56.9%
1 year+29.4%+70.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)−8.1%−4.3%
Gross margin73.2%53.6%
Net margin21.8%20.0%
P/E (TTM)11.4×10.7×
Price / sales2.2×1.8×
Net cash$3.46B-$1.16B
Dividend yield3.54%0.82%
Volatility (60d)16.8%22.7%
Short % of float6.9%8.5%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).