CULL vs. LSBK, MGYR, VBFC, WEBK, IROQ, TCBX, FSBW, NECB, BLFY, and TSBK
Should you be buying Cullman Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cullman Bancorp include Lake Shore Bancorp (LSBK), Magyar Bancorp (MGYR), Village Bank and Trust Financial (VBFC), Wellesley Bancorp (WEBK), IF Bancorp (IROQ), Third Coast Bancshares (TCBX), FS Bancorp (FSBW), Northeast Community Bancorp (NECB), Blue Foundry Bancorp (BLFY), and Timberland Bancorp (TSBK). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Lake Shore Bancorp (NASDAQ:LSBK) and Cullman Bancorp (NASDAQ:CULL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Lake Shore Bancorp received 83 more outperform votes than Cullman Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users.
Lake Shore Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Cullman Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Lake Shore Bancorp pays out 25.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cullman Bancorp pays out 24.0% 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.
Cullman Bancorp has a net margin of 16.90% compared to Cullman Bancorp's net margin of 11.16%. Cullman Bancorp's return on equity of 4.91% beat Lake Shore Bancorp's return on equity.
8.8% of Lake Shore Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.7% of Cullman Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Lake Shore Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Cullman Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Cullman Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Lake Shore Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Cullman Bancorp and 2 mentions for Lake Shore Bancorp. Cullman Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Lake Shore Bancorp's score of -0.17 indicating that Lake Shore Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cullman Bancorp has a beta of 0.05, suggesting that its stock price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Lake Shore Bancorp and Cullman Bancorp tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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