LCNB vs. NKSH, ATLO, SFST, FLIC, FNLC, FUNC, BCAL, CARE, VABK, and NEWT
Should you be buying LCNB stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LCNB include National Bankshares (NKSH), Ames National (ATLO), Southern First Bancshares (SFST), First of Long Island (FLIC), First Bancorp (FNLC), First United (FUNC), Southern California Bancorp (BCAL), Carter Bankshares (CARE), Virginia National Bankshares (VABK), and NewtekOne (NEWT). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
National Bankshares (NASDAQ:NKSH) and LCNB (NASDAQ:LCNB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, National Bankshares had 3 more articles in the media than LCNB. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for National Bankshares and 1 mentions for LCNB. National Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat LCNB's score of 0.00 indicating that LCNB is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
National Bankshares has a net margin of 23.01% compared to National Bankshares' net margin of 13.29%. LCNB's return on equity of 12.16% beat National Bankshares' return on equity.
National Bankshares presently has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.18%. Given LCNB's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe National Bankshares is more favorable than LCNB.
29.7% of National Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.7% of LCNB shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of National Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of LCNB shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
National Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. LCNB pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. National Bankshares pays out 58.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LCNB pays out 77.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LCNB has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. LCNB is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
National Bankshares has higher earnings, but lower revenue than LCNB. National Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LCNB, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
National Bankshares has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LCNB has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
LCNB received 84 more outperform votes than National Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.68% of users gave LCNB an outperform vote while only 49.21% of users gave National Bankshares an outperform vote.
Summary
LCNB beats National Bankshares on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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