LKFN vs. BANR, EFSC, RNST, OFG, SYBT, FBK, FBNC, BUSE, TCBK, and SRCE
Should you be buying Lakeland Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lakeland Financial include Banner (BANR), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), Renasant (RNST), OFG Bancorp (OFG), Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT), FB Financial (FBK), First Bancorp (FBNC), First Busey (BUSE), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), and 1st Source (SRCE). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Banner (NASDAQ:BANR) and Lakeland Financial (NASDAQ:LKFN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, Banner had 12 more articles in the media than Lakeland Financial. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Banner and 0 mentions for Lakeland Financial. Banner's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Lakeland Financial's score of 0.22 indicating that Lakeland Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lakeland Financial has a net margin of 22.81% compared to Lakeland Financial's net margin of 21.62%. Banner's return on equity of 14.34% beat Lakeland Financial's return on equity.
Banner presently has a consensus price target of $51.20, indicating a potential upside of 12.63%. Lakeland Financial has a consensus price target of $74.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.11%. Given Banner's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lakeland Financial is more favorable than Banner.
87.3% of Banner shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Lakeland Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Banner shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Lakeland Financial shares are owned 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.
Banner pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Lakeland Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Banner pays out 39.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lakeland Financial pays out 53.0% 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. Banner has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Lakeland Financial has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Banner is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Banner has higher revenue and earnings than Lakeland Financial. Banner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lakeland Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Banner has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lakeland Financial has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lakeland Financial received 44 more outperform votes than Banner when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.02% of users gave Banner an outperform vote while only 56.69% of users gave Lakeland Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Banner beats Lakeland Financial on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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