LNKB vs. SSBK, MVBF, FRBA, BCML, USCB, CZFS, PCB, JMSB, CIVB, and BMRC
Should you be buying LINKBANCORP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LINKBANCORP include Southern States Bancshares (SSBK), MVB Financial (MVBF), First Bank (FRBA), BayCom (BCML), USCB Financial (USCB), Citizens Financial Services (CZFS), PCB Bancorp (PCB), John Marshall Bancorp (JMSB), Civista Bancshares (CIVB), and Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Southern States Bancshares (NASDAQ:SSBK) and LINKBANCORP (NASDAQ:LNKB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Southern States Bancshares has a net margin of 21.51% compared to Southern States Bancshares' net margin of -5.10%. LINKBANCORP's return on equity of 15.65% beat Southern States Bancshares' return on equity.
In the previous week, LINKBANCORP had 6 more articles in the media than Southern States Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for LINKBANCORP and 1 mentions for Southern States Bancshares. LINKBANCORP's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Southern States Bancshares' score of -0.06 indicating that Southern States Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Southern States Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. LINKBANCORP pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Southern States Bancshares pays out 10.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LINKBANCORP pays out -115.4% 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. LINKBANCORP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Southern States Bancshares received 9 more outperform votes than LINKBANCORP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.15% of users gave Southern States Bancshares an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave LINKBANCORP an outperform vote.
Southern States Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than LINKBANCORP. LINKBANCORP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southern States Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Southern States Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.68%. LINKBANCORP has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.95%. Given LINKBANCORP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Southern States Bancshares is more favorable than LINKBANCORP.
Southern States Bancshares has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LINKBANCORP has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
58.7% of Southern States Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.5% of LINKBANCORP shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of Southern States Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 35.8% of LINKBANCORP shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Southern States Bancshares beats LINKBANCORP on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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