EFSC vs. LKFN, BANR, SYBT, FBNC, BUSE, RNST, SRCE, TCBK, STBA, and OFG
Should you be buying Enterprise Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enterprise Financial Services include Lakeland Financial (LKFN), Banner (BANR), Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT), First Bancorp (FBNC), First Busey (BUSE), Renasant (RNST), 1st Source (SRCE), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), S&T Bancorp (STBA), and OFG Bancorp (OFG). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Lakeland Financial (NASDAQ:LKFN) and Enterprise Financial Services (NASDAQ:EFSC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and community ranking.
Lakeland Financial currently has a consensus price target of $74.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.28%. Enterprise Financial Services has a consensus price target of $47.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.65%. Given Enterprise Financial Services' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Lakeland Financial is more favorable than Enterprise Financial Services.
Lakeland Financial has a net margin of 22.81% compared to Lakeland Financial's net margin of 20.60%. Enterprise Financial Services' return on equity of 14.34% beat Lakeland Financial's return on equity.
81.2% of Lakeland Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Enterprise Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Lakeland Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Enterprise Financial Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Enterprise Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than Lakeland Financial. Enterprise Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lakeland Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Lakeland Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Enterprise Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Lakeland Financial and 2 mentions for Enterprise Financial Services. Enterprise Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Lakeland Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Lakeland Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lakeland Financial has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enterprise Financial Services has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lakeland Financial received 92 more outperform votes than Enterprise Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.88% of users gave Enterprise Financial Services an outperform vote while only 56.69% of users gave Lakeland Financial an outperform vote.
Lakeland Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Enterprise Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Lakeland Financial pays out 53.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enterprise Financial Services pays out 21.4% 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. Lakeland Financial has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Enterprise Financial Services has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Lakeland Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Lakeland Financial beats Enterprise Financial Services on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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