Both in Banking & Credit

First Merchants vs Beacon Financial

Over the past year FRME returned +17.4% and BBT returned +26.0%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.65.

FRME +17.4% BBT +26.0%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricFRMEBBT
Price$41.89$31.34
Market cap$2.63B$2.63B
Today+2.07%+1.59%
1 month+5.6%+12.2%
6 months+2.9%+8.6%
Year to date+11.8%+18.8%
1 year+17.2%+26.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)+12.8%—
Gross margin65.9%68.6%
Net margin22.5%20.2%
P/E (TTM)13.4×16.4×
Price / sales2.3×2.2×
Net cash$2.46B$2.18B
Dividend yield3.53%4.12%
Volatility (60d)17.0%27.2%
Short % of float3.7%6.0%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).