LSBK vs. TBNK, FFBW, TCBC, OFED, MGYR, IROQ, CLST, RVSB, NSTS, and CFSB
Should you be buying Lake Shore Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lake Shore Bancorp include Territorial Bancorp (TBNK), FFBW (FFBW), TC Bancshares (TCBC), Oconee Federal Financial (OFED), Magyar Bancorp (MGYR), IF Bancorp (IROQ), Catalyst Bancorp (CLST), Riverview Bancorp (RVSB), NSTS Bancorp (NSTS), and CFSB Bancorp (CFSB). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
Lake Shore Bancorp (NASDAQ:LSBK) and Territorial Bancorp (NASDAQ:TBNK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
8.8% of Lake Shore Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.4% of Territorial Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Lake Shore Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Territorial Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Territorial Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Lake Shore Bancorp. Lake Shore Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Territorial Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Territorial Bancorp received 123 more outperform votes than Lake Shore Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.34% of users gave Lake Shore Bancorp an outperform vote while only 50.61% of users gave Territorial Bancorp an outperform vote.
Territorial Bancorp has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential downside of 7.29%. Given Territorial Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Territorial Bancorp is more favorable than Lake Shore Bancorp.
Lake Shore Bancorp has a net margin of 11.16% compared to Territorial Bancorp's net margin of 7.03%. Lake Shore Bancorp's return on equity of 4.95% beat Territorial Bancorp's return on equity.
Lake Shore Bancorp has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Territorial Bancorp has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Territorial Bancorp had 9 more articles in the media than Lake Shore Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Territorial Bancorp and 2 mentions for Lake Shore Bancorp. Territorial Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat Lake Shore Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Territorial Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Territorial Bancorp beats Lake Shore Bancorp on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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