NATL vs. LKFN, GAB, EXPI, RVT, CUBI, BANR, GNL, NTB, ROIC, and TY
Should you be buying National Interstate stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Interstate include Lakeland Financial (LKFN), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), eXp World (EXPI), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Customers Bancorp (CUBI), Banner (BANR), Global Net Lease (GNL), Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), and Tri-Continental (TY). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
National Interstate (NASDAQ:NATL) and Lakeland Financial (NASDAQ:LKFN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, risk and valuation.
Lakeland Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than National Interstate.
Lakeland Financial has a net margin of 22.81% compared to National Interstate's net margin of 0.00%. Lakeland Financial's return on equity of 14.34% beat National Interstate's return on equity.
Lakeland Financial received 251 more outperform votes than National Interstate when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.28% of users gave National Interstate an outperform vote while only 56.69% of users gave Lakeland Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, National Interstate had 6 more articles in the media than Lakeland Financial. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for National Interstate and 6 mentions for Lakeland Financial. Lakeland Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat National Interstate's score of 0.00 indicating that Lakeland Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
88.7% of National Interstate shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Lakeland Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of National Interstate shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Lakeland Financial shares are held 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 Interstate currently has a consensus price target of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.40%. Lakeland Financial has a consensus price target of $74.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.99%. Given National Interstate's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe National Interstate is more favorable than Lakeland Financial.
Summary
Lakeland Financial beats National Interstate on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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