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Landmark Bancorp (LARK) Competitors

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$29.29 -0.37 (-1.25%)
Closing price 05/22/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$29.20 -0.09 (-0.32%)
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LARK vs. IBCP, JFIN, FUFU, SMBC, BITF, FSBC, VEL, ORRF, SPFI, and ALRS

Should you be buying Landmark Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Landmark Bancorp include Independent Bank (IBCP), Jiayin Group (JFIN), BitFuFu (FUFU), Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC), Bitfarms (BITF), Five Star Bancorp (FSBC), Velocity Financial (VEL), Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF), South Plains Financial (SPFI), and Alerus Financial (ALRS). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Landmark Bancorp vs.

Independent Bank (NASDAQ:IBCP) 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 dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.

Independent Bank presently has a consensus price target of $36.67, indicating a potential upside of 16.03%. Given Independent Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Independent Bank is more favorable than Landmark Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Independent Bank
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Landmark Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

79.4% of Independent Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.7% of Landmark Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Independent Bank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of Landmark Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Independent Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Landmark Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Independent Bank pays out 33.1% 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. Independent Bank has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Landmark Bancorp has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Independent Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Independent Bank has a net margin of 20.67% compared to Landmark Bancorp's net margin of 14.51%. Independent Bank's return on equity of 15.43% beat Landmark Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Independent Bank20.67% 15.43% 1.27%
Landmark Bancorp 14.51%10.51%0.89%

Independent Bank received 52 more outperform votes than Landmark Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.35% of users gave Landmark Bancorp an outperform vote while only 54.09% of users gave Independent Bank an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Independent BankOutperform Votes
225
54.09%
Underperform Votes
191
45.91%
Landmark BancorpOutperform Votes
173
56.35%
Underperform Votes
134
43.65%

Independent Bank has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Landmark Bancorp has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Landmark Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than Independent Bank. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Landmark Bancorp and 2 mentions for Independent Bank. Independent Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Landmark Bancorp's score of -0.05 indicating that Independent Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Independent Bank
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Landmark Bancorp
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Independent Bank$216.85M3.02$66.79M$3.1410.06
Landmark Bancorp$62.80M2.70$13M$2.5911.31

Summary

Independent Bank beats Landmark Bancorp on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LARK vs. The Competition

MetricLandmark BancorpNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$169.38M$22.99B$11.48B$8.39B
Dividend Yield2.84%3.41%5.45%4.10%
P/E Ratio12.9312.8022.4219.70
Price / Sales2.702.8927.60122.35
Price / Cash9.9911.1617.6234.62
Price / Book1.331.192.774.50
Net Income$13M$2.17B$1.03B$248.22M
7 Day Performance0.79%-1.88%-1.34%-0.80%
1 Month Performance-3.75%4.99%5.23%11.52%
1 Year Performance54.97%20.70%538.04%8.99%

Landmark Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LARK
Landmark Bancorp
2.1161 of 5 stars
$29.29
-1.2%
N/A+50.2%$169.38M$62.80M12.93270Analyst Upgrade
IBCP
Independent Bank
3.2894 of 5 stars
$32.47
+0.1%
$36.67
+12.9%
+21.4%$672.81M$216.85M10.28920
JFIN
Jiayin Group
3.0236 of 5 stars
$12.25
+0.6%
N/A+103.0%$653.78M$5.80B4.08710
FUFU
BitFuFu
2.7424 of 5 stars
$3.99
+7.3%
$7.00
+75.4%
+7.7%$650.80M$463.33M11.4029
SMBC
Southern Missouri Bancorp
4.5339 of 5 stars
$54.99
+0.3%
$66.33
+20.6%
+25.3%$621.39M$177.85M12.01540Positive News
BITF
Bitfarms
2.0239 of 5 stars
$1.15
flat
$4.01
+248.7%
-46.6%$620.08M$192.88M-3.19110Trending News
Gap Down
FSBC
Five Star Bancorp
4.5351 of 5 stars
$29.03
+0.2%
$35.00
+20.6%
+19.4%$619.18M$131.69M12.73180Positive News
VEL
Velocity Financial
3.1604 of 5 stars
$16.63
-0.2%
$21.50
+29.3%
-7.5%$606.86M$224.07M8.99220
ORRF
Orrstown Financial Services
4.6291 of 5 stars
$30.97
-0.2%
$36.80
+18.8%
+11.0%$604.16M$216.96M16.83430Positive News
SPFI
South Plains Financial
4.0195 of 5 stars
$36.01
-0.7%
$41.50
+15.2%
+27.8%$584.37M$191.62M12.33680
ALRS
Alerus Financial
4.2786 of 5 stars
$22.12
+0.5%
$23.00
+4.0%
+8.8%$561.10M$237.02M21.69840Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:LARK) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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