LBAI vs. BMTC, ABTX, OBNK, CTBI, CNOB, ABCB, FULT, UCBI, FBP, and BANF
Should you be buying Lakeland Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lakeland Bancorp include Bryn Mawr Bank (BMTC), Allegiance Bancshares (ABTX), Origin Bancorp (OBNK), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Fulton Financial (FULT), United Community Banks (UCBI), First BanCorp. (FBP), and BancFirst (BANF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Bryn Mawr Bank (NASDAQ:BMTC) and Lakeland Bancorp (NASDAQ:LBAI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
Lakeland Bancorp has a consensus target price of $14.15, indicating a potential upside of 5.36%. Given Bryn Mawr Bank's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lakeland Bancorp is more favorable than Bryn Mawr Bank.
Bryn Mawr Bank has a net margin of 30.63% compared to Bryn Mawr Bank's net margin of 16.00%. Lakeland Bancorp's return on equity of 11.35% beat Bryn Mawr Bank's return on equity.
Lakeland Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Bryn Mawr Bank. Lakeland Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bryn Mawr Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bryn Mawr Bank has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lakeland Bancorp has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lakeland Bancorp received 102 more outperform votes than Bryn Mawr Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.33% of users gave Lakeland Bancorp an outperform vote while only 39.96% of users gave Bryn Mawr Bank an outperform vote.
Bryn Mawr Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Lakeland Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Bryn Mawr Bank pays out 31.0% 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 has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Lakeland Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
80.9% of Bryn Mawr Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.6% of Lakeland Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Bryn Mawr Bank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Lakeland Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Lakeland Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Bryn Mawr Bank. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Lakeland Bancorp and 0 mentions for Bryn Mawr Bank. Lakeland Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Bryn Mawr Bank'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Lakeland Bancorp beats Bryn Mawr Bank on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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