Both in Banking & Credit

Southside Bancshares vs Mercantile Bank

Over the past year SBSI returned +17.8% and MBWM returned +34.9%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.75.

SBSI +17.8% MBWM +34.9%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricSBSIMBWM
Price$33.66$59.81
Market cap$1.00B$1.03B
Today+1.11%−1.39%
1 month+10.4%+1.5%
6 months−2.0%+15.1%
Year to date+10.8%+24.3%
1 year+20.5%+38.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+6.5%+6.8%
Gross margin60.5%71.4%
Net margin22.8%23.5%
P/E (TTM)13.2×10.8×
Price / sales2.3×2.6×
Net cash$2.03B$1.26B
Dividend yield4.40%2.68%
Volatility (60d)18.2%16.7%
Short % of float3.5%3.4%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).