ArrowMark Financial Corp. (BANX) vs Meridian Bank (MRBK)

ArrowMark Financial Corp. and Meridian Bank are both in the Financial sector (Closed End Fund Debt and Banks Regional). ArrowMark Financial Corp. and Meridian Bank are of similar size ($195.2M and $191.4M). Meridian Bank trades at the lower P/E: 8.8× against 37.3×. ArrowMark Financial Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.1% against 0.72%. ArrowMark Financial Corp. has the higher net margin (19.3% vs 10.6%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 8.03%). Both pay a dividend; ArrowMark Financial Corp. yields more (9.87% vs 3.31%). Across the 16 metrics below, Meridian Bank leads on 9 and ArrowMark Financial Corp. on 7.

Valuation

Metric BANX MRBK
P/E 37.26 8.82
P/S 7.46 0.95
P/B n/m 0.95
Price to free cash flow n/m 10.48
EV/EBITDA — —
EV/Sales — —
Earnings yield 2.68% 11.34%
Free cash flow yield 0.00% 9.54%

Profitability

Metric BANX MRBK
Gross margin 100.00% 63.55%
Operating margin 100.00% 0.00%
Net margin 19.28% 10.57%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 9.11%
Return on equity 0.00% 11.31%
Return on assets 0.00% 0.85%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 8.03%

Growth

Metric BANX MRBK
Revenue growth (TTM) 12.14% 0.72%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 59.32% 30.34%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 0.38% 6.56%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 12.49% (3.75%)

Health

Metric BANX MRBK
Debt to equity — 0.24
Current ratio — 0.98
Net debt to EBITDA 0.00 0.00

Dividend

Metric BANX MRBK
Dividend yield 9.87% 3.31%
Payout ratio — 0.30

Size

Metric BANX MRBK
Market cap 191.36m 195.23m

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