Both in Banking & Credit

Meridian vs First Capital

Over the past year MRBK returned +28.9% and FCAP returned +48.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.34.

MRBK +28.9% FCAP +48.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMRBKFCAP
Price$18.51$61.16
Market cap$220.8M$204.6M
Today+0.54%−0.70%
1 month−4.2%−0.7%
6 months−9.7%+12.2%
Year to date+5.3%+3.3%
1 year+25.4%+51.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)−3.5%+11.0%
Gross margin64.5%80.2%
Net margin11.5%26.7%
P/E (TTM)10.2×11.1×
Price / sales1.1×3.0×
Net cash$229.1M$566.8M
Dividend yield3.03%2.09%
Volatility (60d)15.2%23.9%
Short % of float2.3%4.9%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).