IROQ vs. LSBK, MGYR, KFFB, PROV, SFBC, NWFL, PKBK, LCNB, VABK, and ONIT
Should you be buying IF Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IF Bancorp include Lake Shore Bancorp (LSBK), Magyar Bancorp (MGYR), Kentucky First Federal Bancorp (KFFB), Provident Financial (PROV), Sound Financial Bancorp (SFBC), Norwood Financial (NWFL), Parke Bancorp (PKBK), LCNB (LCNB), Virginia National Bankshares (VABK), and Onity Group (ONIT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
IF Bancorp (NASDAQ:IROQ) and Lake Shore Bancorp (NASDAQ:LSBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and community ranking.
In the previous week, IF Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Lake Shore Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for IF Bancorp and 3 mentions for Lake Shore Bancorp. IF Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Lake Shore Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that IF Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
IF Bancorp has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lake Shore Bancorp has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
44.1% of IF Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.8% of Lake Shore Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.1% of IF Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Lake Shore Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Lake Shore Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than IF Bancorp. Lake Shore Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IF Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IF Bancorp received 23 more outperform votes than Lake Shore Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.03% of users gave IF Bancorp an outperform vote while only 64.34% of users gave Lake Shore Bancorp an outperform vote.
Lake Shore Bancorp has a net margin of 11.81% compared to IF Bancorp's net margin of 4.52%. Lake Shore Bancorp's return on equity of 5.24% beat IF Bancorp's return on equity.
IF Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Lake Shore Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. IF Bancorp pays out 65.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lake Shore Bancorp pays out 25.4% 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.
Summary
Lake Shore Bancorp beats IF Bancorp on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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