IBTX vs. LKFN, BANR, RNST, LOB, TFIN, CUBI, EFSC, OFG, FBK, and MBIN
Should you be buying Independent Bank Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Independent Bank Group include Lakeland Financial (LKFN), Banner (BANR), Renasant (RNST), Live Oak Bancshares (LOB), Triumph Financial (TFIN), Customers Bancorp (CUBI), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), OFG Bancorp (OFG), FB Financial (FBK), and Merchants Bancorp (MBIN). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Independent Bank Group (NASDAQ:IBTX) and Lakeland Financial (NASDAQ:LKFN) 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.
In the previous week, Lakeland Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Independent Bank Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Lakeland Financial and 3 mentions for Independent Bank Group. Lakeland Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Independent Bank Group's score of 0.17 indicating that Lakeland Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lakeland Financial received 87 more outperform votes than Independent Bank Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.69% of users gave Lakeland Financial an outperform vote while only 53.96% of users gave Independent Bank Group an outperform vote.
Lakeland Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Independent Bank Group. Independent Bank Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lakeland Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Independent Bank Group has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lakeland Financial has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
77.9% of Independent Bank Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Lakeland Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Independent Bank Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Lakeland Financial shares are held 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.
Lakeland Financial has a net margin of 22.81% compared to Independent Bank Group's net margin of 10.96%. Lakeland Financial's return on equity of 14.34% beat Independent Bank Group's return on equity.
Independent Bank Group currently has a consensus price target of $48.33, indicating a potential upside of 13.78%. Lakeland Financial has a consensus price target of $74.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.36%. Given Lakeland Financial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lakeland Financial is more favorable than Independent Bank Group.
Independent Bank Group pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Lakeland Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Independent Bank Group pays out 60.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lakeland Financial pays out 53.0% 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.
Summary
Lakeland Financial beats Independent Bank Group on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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