 Pacific Mercantile Bancorp NASDAQ:PMBC and Mercantil Bank NASDAQ:AMTB are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations. Insider Institutional Ownership 75.8 of Pacific Mercantile Bancorp shares are owned by institutional ... 