LKFN vs. BANR, EFSC, RNST, OFG, FBK, HTLF, FBNC, BUSE, TOWN, and TCBK
Should you be buying Lakeland Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lakeland Financial include Banner (BANR), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), Renasant (RNST), OFG Bancorp (OFG), FB Financial (FBK), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), First Bancorp (FBNC), First Busey (BUSE), TowneBank (TOWN), and TriCo Bancshares (TCBK). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Lakeland Financial (NASDAQ:LKFN) and Banner (NASDAQ:BANR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Lakeland Financial has a net margin of 22.81% compared to Banner's net margin of 21.62%. Lakeland Financial's return on equity of 14.34% beat Banner's return on equity.
Lakeland Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Banner pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Lakeland Financial pays out 53.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banner pays out 39.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Banner is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Lakeland Financial received 44 more outperform votes than Banner when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.23% of users gave Banner an outperform vote while only 56.69% of users gave Lakeland Financial an outperform vote.
Banner has higher revenue and earnings than Lakeland Financial. Banner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lakeland Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Banner had 2 more articles in the media than Lakeland Financial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Banner and 6 mentions for Lakeland Financial. Banner's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Lakeland Financial's score of 0.31 indicating that Banner is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lakeland Financial has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banner has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lakeland Financial currently has a consensus price target of $74.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.99%. Banner has a consensus price target of $51.20, indicating a potential upside of 15.26%. Given Lakeland Financial's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Lakeland Financial is more favorable than Banner.
81.2% of Lakeland Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Banner shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Lakeland Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Banner shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Banner beats Lakeland Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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