Both in Banking & Credit

Equity Bancshares vs Mercantile Bank

Over the past year EQBK returned +19.4% and MBWM returned +40.1%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.79.

EQBK +19.4% MBWM +40.1%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricEQBKMBWM
Price$49.11$60.65
Market cap$1.01B$1.05B
Today+0.99%+0.53%
1 month+4.2%+4.0%
6 months+8.3%+18.2%
Year to date+10.0%+26.1%
1 year+17.6%+35.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)+40.0%+5.1%
Gross margin70.7%70.0%
Net margin22.8%26.4%
P/E (TTM)28.3×11.0×
Price / sales2.7×2.7×
Net cash$1.34B$995.0M
Dividend yield1.79%2.64%
Volatility (60d)15.4%16.6%
Short % of float3.6%3.4%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).