ASRV vs. LARK, NKSH, ATLO, UBFO, MRBK, CFBK, UBOH, OPHC, SUSQ, and JPM
Should you be buying AmeriServ Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AmeriServ Financial include Landmark Bancorp (LARK), National Bankshares (NKSH), Ames National (ATLO), United Security Bancshares (UBFO), Meridian (MRBK), CF Bankshares (CFBK), United Bancshares (UBOH), OptimumBank (OPHC), Susquehanna Bancshares (SUSQ), and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
AmeriServ Financial vs.
AmeriServ Financial (NASDAQ:ASRV) and Landmark Bancorp (NASDAQ:LARK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
Landmark Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AmeriServ Financial. Landmark Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AmeriServ Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
31.5% of AmeriServ Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.7% of Landmark Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 9.6% of AmeriServ Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of Landmark Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
AmeriServ Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Landmark Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. AmeriServ Financial pays out 57.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Landmark Bancorp pays out 32.4% 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. Landmark Bancorp has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years.
Landmark Bancorp received 27 more outperform votes than AmeriServ Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.60% of users gave AmeriServ Financial an outperform vote while only 56.17% of users gave Landmark Bancorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Landmark Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than AmeriServ Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Landmark Bancorp and 1 mentions for AmeriServ Financial. AmeriServ Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Landmark Bancorp's score of 0.30 indicating that AmeriServ Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AmeriServ Financial has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Landmark Bancorp has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Landmark Bancorp has a net margin of 14.51% compared to AmeriServ Financial's net margin of 4.26%. Landmark Bancorp's return on equity of 10.51% beat AmeriServ Financial's return on equity.
Summary
Landmark Bancorp beats AmeriServ Financial on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ASRV) was last updated on 5/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff