IBCP vs. LU, BFH, ENVA, FINV, PPBI, FBK, NTB, CASH, NIC, and HUT
Should you be buying Independent Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Independent Bank include Lufax (LU), Bread Financial (BFH), Enova International (ENVA), FinVolution Group (FINV), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), FB Financial (FBK), Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB), Pathward Financial (CASH), Nicolet Bankshares (NIC), and Hut 8 (HUT). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Independent Bank vs.
Independent Bank (NASDAQ:IBCP) and Lufax (NYSE:LU) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.
79.4% of Independent Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of Lufax shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Independent Bank shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Independent Bank has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lufax has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lufax has higher revenue and earnings than Independent Bank. Lufax is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Independent Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Independent Bank received 202 more outperform votes than Lufax when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.09% of users gave Independent Bank an outperform vote while only 41.07% of users gave Lufax an outperform vote.
Independent Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Lufax pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Independent Bank pays out 33.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lufax pays out -15.6% 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. Independent Bank has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Lufax is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Independent Bank currently has a consensus price target of $36.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.27%. Lufax has a consensus price target of $2.98, indicating a potential upside of 1.36%. Given Independent Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Independent Bank is more favorable than Lufax.
Independent Bank has a net margin of 20.67% compared to Lufax's net margin of -12.75%. Independent Bank's return on equity of 15.43% beat Lufax's return on equity.
In the previous week, Lufax had 1 more articles in the media than Independent Bank. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Lufax and 2 mentions for Independent Bank. Lufax's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Independent Bank's score of 0.81 indicating that Lufax is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Independent Bank beats Lufax on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:IBCP) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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