Both in Banking & Credit

Five Star Bancorp vs Mercantile Bank

Over the past year FSBC returned +27.8% and MBWM returned +36.1%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.77.

FSBC +27.8% MBWM +36.1%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricFSBCMBWM
Price$44.83$60.36
Market cap$1.10B$1.04B
Today−1.10%−1.37%
1 month+3.2%+2.1%
6 months+9.8%+16.1%
Year to date+25.3%+25.5%
1 year+26.2%+37.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)+18.9%+6.8%
Gross margin64.6%71.4%
Net margin26.1%23.5%
P/E (TTM)15.3×10.9×
Price / sales4.0×2.7×
Net cash$718.7M$1.26B
Dividend yield2.23%2.65%
Volatility (60d)17.9%17.5%
Short % of float6.7%3.4%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).