LARK vs. ORRF, SMBC, SPFI, FSBC, SMBK, ALRS, CBNK, MPB, YRD, and FUFU
Should you be buying Landmark Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Landmark Bancorp include Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF), Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC), South Plains Financial (SPFI), Five Star Bancorp (FSBC), SmartFinancial (SMBK), Alerus Financial (ALRS), Capital Bancorp (CBNK), Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), Yirendai (YRD), and BitFuFu (FUFU). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Landmark Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Orrstown Financial Services (NASDAQ:ORRF) and Landmark Bancorp (NASDAQ:LARK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
Orrstown Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than Landmark Bancorp. Landmark Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orrstown Financial Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Landmark Bancorp has a net margin of 16.37% compared to Orrstown Financial Services' net margin of 9.74%. Orrstown Financial Services' return on equity of 14.35% beat Landmark Bancorp's return on equity.
Orrstown Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Landmark Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Orrstown Financial Services pays out 53.1% 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. Orrstown Financial Services has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Landmark Bancorp has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Orrstown Financial Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Orrstown Financial Services presently has a consensus target price of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.51%. Given Orrstown Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Orrstown Financial Services is more favorable than Landmark Bancorp.
44.3% of Orrstown Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.7% of Landmark Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Orrstown Financial Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of Landmark Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Orrstown Financial Services has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Landmark Bancorp has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Landmark Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Orrstown Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Landmark Bancorp and 1 mentions for Orrstown Financial Services. Orrstown Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Landmark Bancorp's score of 0.28 indicating that Orrstown Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Orrstown Financial Services beats Landmark Bancorp on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LARK) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
