Merchants Bancorp (MBIN) vs WaFd, Inc. (WAFD)

• Merchants Bancorp MBIN 52.14 ▼ −2.41%
• WaFd, Inc. WAFD 29.53 ▼ −1.99%

Merchants Bancorp and WaFd, Inc. are both Banks Regional companies. Merchants Bancorp is the larger, with a market value of $2.4B against $2.2B — 1.1× the size. Merchants Bancorp trades at the lower P/E: 8.3× against 9.2×. Merchants Bancorp grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 0.89% against 0.53%. Merchants Bancorp has the higher net margin (19.9% vs 17.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.72% vs 4.31%). Both pay a dividend; WaFd, Inc. yields more (3.66% vs 0.82%). Across the 17 metrics below, Merchants Bancorp leads on 9 and WaFd, Inc. on 8.