CFBK vs. LARK, MRBK, FNCB, OPOF, UBFO, HWBK, UBOH, FUNC, VABK, and OPHC
Should you be buying CF Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CF Bankshares include Landmark Bancorp (LARK), Meridian (MRBK), FNCB Bancorp (FNCB), Old Point Financial (OPOF), United Security Bancshares (UBFO), Hawthorn Bancshares (HWBK), United Bancshares (UBOH), First United (FUNC), Virginia National Bankshares (VABK), and OptimumBank (OPHC). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
CF Bankshares (NASDAQ:CFBK) and Landmark Bancorp (NASDAQ:LARK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
CF Bankshares has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Landmark Bancorp has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
41.1% of CF Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.7% of Landmark Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.6% of CF Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of Landmark Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CF Bankshares has a net margin of 15.08% compared to Landmark Bancorp's net margin of 14.39%. CF Bankshares' return on equity of 11.34% beat Landmark Bancorp's return on equity.
Landmark Bancorp received 20 more outperform votes than CF Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.91% of users gave Landmark Bancorp an outperform vote while only 63.87% of users gave CF Bankshares an outperform vote.
CF Bankshares has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Landmark Bancorp. CF Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Landmark Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Landmark Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than CF Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Landmark Bancorp and 7 mentions for CF Bankshares. Landmark Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat CF Bankshares' score of 0.18 indicating that Landmark Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CF Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Landmark Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. CF Bankshares pays out 9.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Landmark Bancorp pays out 39.6% 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.
Summary
CF Bankshares beats Landmark Bancorp on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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