CF Bankshares (CFBK) Competitors

Landmark Bancorp (NASDAQ:LARK) and CF Bankshares (NASDAQ:CFBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.

Do analysts rate LARK or CFBK?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Landmark Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
CF Bankshares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, LARK or CFBK?

Landmark Bancorp has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CF Bankshares has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LARK or CFBK?

25.7% of Landmark Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.1% of CF Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.2% of Landmark Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.7% of CF Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is LARK or CFBK a better dividend stock?

Landmark Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. CF Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Landmark Bancorp pays out 39.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CF Bankshares pays out 10.0% 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 5 consecutive years. Landmark Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media favor LARK or CFBK?

In the previous week, Landmark Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than CF Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Landmark Bancorp and 1 mentions for CF Bankshares. Landmark Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat CF Bankshares' score of 0.82 indicating that CF Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Landmark Bancorp	Positive
CF Bankshares	Very Positive

Is LARK or CFBK more profitable?

Landmark Bancorp has a net margin of 14.39% compared to Landmark Bancorp's net margin of 13.25%. Landmark Bancorp's return on equity of 10.17% beat CF Bankshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Landmark Bancorp	14.39%	9.70%	0.75%
CF Bankshares	13.25%	10.17%	0.77%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LARK or CFBK?

Landmark Bancorp received 20 more outperform votes than CF Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.87% of users gave CF Bankshares an outperform vote while only 62.32% of users gave Landmark Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Landmark Bancorp	Outperform Votes 172 62.32%	Underperform Votes 104 37.68%
CF Bankshares	Outperform Votes 152 63.87%	Underperform Votes 86 36.13%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LARK or CFBK?

CF Bankshares has higher revenue and earnings than Landmark Bancorp. CF Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Landmark Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Landmark Bancorp	$77.91M	1.45	$12.24M	$2.12	9.71
CF Bankshares	$112.31M	0.98	$16.94M	$2.40	8.98

Summary

CF Bankshares beats Landmark Bancorp on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.