CULL vs. LSBK, RBKB, SRBK, VBFC, BSBK, IROQ, UBOH, FNWB, TCBS, and BCOW
Should you be buying Cullman Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cullman Bancorp include Lake Shore Bancorp (LSBK), Rhinebeck Bancorp (RBKB), SR Bancorp (SRBK), Village Bank and Trust Financial (VBFC), Bogota Financial (BSBK), IF Bancorp (IROQ), United Bancshares (UBOH), First Northwest Bancorp (FNWB), Texas Community Bancshares (TCBS), and 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin (BCOW). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Cullman Bancorp (NASDAQ:CULL) and Lake Shore Bancorp (NASDAQ:LSBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Lake Shore Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Cullman Bancorp. Lake Shore Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cullman Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lake Shore Bancorp received 83 more outperform votes than Cullman Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users.
Cullman Bancorp has a net margin of 16.90% compared to Lake Shore Bancorp's net margin of 11.16%. Lake Shore Bancorp's return on equity of 4.91% beat Cullman Bancorp's return on equity.
25.7% of Cullman Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.8% of Lake Shore Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.8% of Cullman Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Lake Shore Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cullman Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Lake Shore Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Cullman Bancorp pays out 24.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lake Shore Bancorp pays out 25.4% 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.
In the previous week, Cullman Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Lake Shore Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Cullman Bancorp and 0 mentions for Lake Shore Bancorp. Cullman Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Lake Shore Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Cullman Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cullman Bancorp has a beta of 0.05, suggesting that its share price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lake Shore Bancorp has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Cullman Bancorp beats Lake Shore Bancorp on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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