LARK vs. CFBK, MRBK, FNCB, UBFO, OPOF, HWBK, UBOH, FUNC, VABK, and NKSH
Should you be buying Landmark Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Landmark Bancorp include CF Bankshares (CFBK), Meridian (MRBK), FNCB Bancorp (FNCB), United Security Bancshares (UBFO), Old Point Financial (OPOF), Hawthorn Bancshares (HWBK), United Bancshares (UBOH), First United (FUNC), Virginia National Bankshares (VABK), and National Bankshares (NKSH). 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
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 4.5%. 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. CF Bankshares has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Landmark Bancorp has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Landmark Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
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 revenue and earnings 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.
CF Bankshares has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Landmark Bancorp has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CF Bankshares has a net margin of 15.08% compared to CF Bankshares' net margin of 14.39%. Landmark Bancorp's return on equity of 11.34% beat CF Bankshares' return on equity.
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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Landmark Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than CF Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Landmark Bancorp and 4 mentions for CF Bankshares. CF Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Landmark Bancorp's score of 0.09 indicating that Landmark Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
CF Bankshares beats Landmark Bancorp on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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