LKFN vs. VBTX, TBK, BUSE, EFSC, BANR, BPOP, ONB, COLB, GBCI, and HOMB
Should you be buying Lakeland Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lakeland Financial include Veritex (VBTX), Triumph Financial (TBK), First Busey (BUSE), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), Banner (BANR), Popular (BPOP), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Columbia Banking System (COLB), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), and Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Lakeland Financial vs.
Lakeland Financial (NASDAQ:LKFN) and Veritex (NASDAQ:VBTX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and community ranking.
Lakeland Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Veritex pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Lakeland Financial pays out 49.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Veritex pays out 46.5% 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 raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Veritex is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Lakeland Financial has a net margin of 23.70% compared to Veritex's net margin of 11.11%. Lakeland Financial's return on equity of 14.72% beat Veritex's return on equity.
Lakeland Financial received 139 more outperform votes than Veritex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.60% of users gave Lakeland Financial an outperform vote while only 50.87% of users gave Veritex an outperform vote.
81.2% of Lakeland Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of Veritex shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Lakeland Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Veritex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Veritex has higher revenue and earnings than Lakeland Financial. Veritex 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, Veritex had 10 more articles in the media than Lakeland Financial. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Veritex and 7 mentions for Lakeland Financial. Veritex's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Lakeland Financial's score of 0.67 indicating that Veritex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lakeland Financial currently has a consensus price target of $71.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.11%. Veritex has a consensus price target of $29.40, suggesting a potential upside of 8.89%. Given Lakeland Financial's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Lakeland Financial is more favorable than Veritex.
Lakeland Financial has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veritex has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Veritex beats Lakeland Financial on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LKFN) was last updated on 10/31/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff