Both in Banking & Credit

West Bancorporation vs Farmers & Merchants Bancorp

Over the past year WTBA returned +40.6% and FMAO returned +52.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.65.

WTBA +40.6% FMAO +52.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricWTBAFMAO
Price$29.91$36.42
Market cap$509.8M$501.2M
Today−0.43%−1.86%
1 month+3.6%+4.3%
6 months+24.6%+33.7%
Year to date+34.8%+47.3%
1 year+40.3%+58.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)+1.4%+6.2%
Gross margin55.1%67.1%
Net margin21.7%22.2%
P/E (TTM)13.3×11.9×
Price / sales2.5×2.5×
Net cash$791.4M$470.1M
Dividend yield3.48%2.58%
Volatility (60d)21.7%18.8%
Short % of float2.5%1.7%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).