Landmark Bancorp (LARK) Competitors

Landmark Bancorp (NASDAQ:LARK) and SmartFinancial (NASDAQ:SMBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Do analysts rate LARK or SMBK?

SmartFinancial has a consensus price target of $33.70, suggesting a potential downside of 4.23%. Given SmartFinancial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SmartFinancial is more favorable than Landmark Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Landmark Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
SmartFinancial	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, LARK or SMBK?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Landmark Bancorp	$89.35M	1.71	$13M	$2.59	10.19
SmartFinancial	$178.24M	3.36	$36.14M	$2.26	15.57

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LARK or SMBK?

25.7% of Landmark Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.8% of SmartFinancial shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.8% of Landmark Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of SmartFinancial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is LARK or SMBK a better dividend stock?

Landmark Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. SmartFinancial pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Landmark Bancorp pays out 32.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SmartFinancial pays out 14.2% 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. Landmark Bancorp has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and SmartFinancial has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Landmark Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is LARK or SMBK more profitable?

Landmark Bancorp has a net margin of 16.37% compared to SmartFinancial's net margin of 12.67%. Landmark Bancorp's return on equity of 11.52% beat SmartFinancial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Landmark Bancorp	16.37%	11.52%	1.00%
SmartFinancial	12.67%	7.33%	0.71%

Does the media refer more to LARK or SMBK?

In the previous week, Landmark Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than SmartFinancial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Landmark Bancorp and 0 mentions for SmartFinancial. Landmark Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat SmartFinancial's score of 0.00 indicating that Landmark Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Landmark Bancorp	Positive
SmartFinancial	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, LARK or SMBK?

Landmark Bancorp has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SmartFinancial has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SmartFinancial beats Landmark Bancorp on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.