LCNB vs. ATLO, SFST, FLIC, NKSH, VABK, FUNC, HWBK, FNLC, UBFO, and BCAL
Should you be buying LCNB stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LCNB include Ames National (ATLO), Southern First Bancshares (SFST), First of Long Island (FLIC), National Bankshares (NKSH), Virginia National Bankshares (VABK), First United (FUNC), Hawthorn Bancshares (HWBK), First Bancorp (FNLC), United Security Bancshares (UBFO), and Southern California Bancorp (BCAL). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
Ames National (NASDAQ:ATLO) and LCNB (NASDAQ:LCNB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Ames National has a net margin of 12.95% compared to Ames National's net margin of 10.16%. Ames National's return on equity of 7.49% beat LCNB's return on equity.
LCNB received 143 more outperform votes than Ames National when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.68% of users gave LCNB an outperform vote while only 54.80% of users gave Ames National an outperform vote.
Ames National pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. LCNB pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Ames National pays out 89.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LCNB pays out 95.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LCNB has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. LCNB is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
LCNB has higher revenue and earnings than Ames National. LCNB is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ames National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, LCNB had 4 more articles in the media than Ames National. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for LCNB and 2 mentions for Ames National. LCNB's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Ames National's score of -0.48 indicating that Ames National is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ames National has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LCNB has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
26.5% of Ames National shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.7% of LCNB shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Ames National shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of LCNB shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
LCNB beats Ames National on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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