SBSI vs. LBAI, CTBI, RBCAA, GABC, PEBO, EGBN, GSBC, FCBC, PFBC, and MBWM
Should you be buying Southside Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southside Bancshares include Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), Republic Bancorp (RBCAA), German American Bancorp (GABC), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), Preferred Bank (PFBC), and Mercantile Bank (MBWM). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Southside Bancshares (NASDAQ:SBSI) and Lakeland Bancorp (NASDAQ:LBAI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.
55.7% of Southside Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.6% of Lakeland Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Southside Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Lakeland Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Southside Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Lakeland Bancorp. Lakeland Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southside Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Southside Bancshares has a net margin of 19.79% compared to Lakeland Bancorp's net margin of 16.00%. Southside Bancshares' return on equity of 10.80% beat Lakeland Bancorp's return on equity.
Southside Bancshares has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lakeland Bancorp has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Southside Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Lakeland Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Southside Bancshares pays out 53.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lakeland Bancorp pays out 45.3% 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.
Lakeland Bancorp received 114 more outperform votes than Southside Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.69% of users gave Lakeland Bancorp an outperform vote while only 42.93% of users gave Southside Bancshares an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Southside Bancshares had 12 more articles in the media than Lakeland Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Southside Bancshares and 7 mentions for Lakeland Bancorp. Lakeland Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Southside Bancshares' score of -0.34 indicating that Lakeland Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Southside Bancshares currently has a consensus target price of $33.50, indicating a potential upside of 23.89%. Lakeland Bancorp has a consensus target price of $14.15, indicating a potential upside of 12.75%. Given Southside Bancshares' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Southside Bancshares is more favorable than Lakeland Bancorp.
Summary
Southside Bancshares beats Lakeland Bancorp on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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