LARK vs. FNCB, MRBK, CFBK, UBFO, VABK, HWBK, OPOF, UBOH, NKSH, and ATLO
Should you be buying Landmark Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Landmark Bancorp include FNCB Bancorp (FNCB), Meridian (MRBK), CF Bankshares (CFBK), United Security Bancshares (UBFO), Virginia National Bankshares (VABK), Hawthorn Bancshares (HWBK), Old Point Financial (OPOF), United Bancshares (UBOH), National Bankshares (NKSH), and Ames National (ATLO).
FNCB Bancorp (NASDAQ:FNCB) 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 valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.
In the previous week, FNCB Bancorp and FNCB Bancorp both had 2 articles in the media. Landmark Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat FNCB Bancorp's score of -0.40 indicating that FNCB Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FNCB Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Landmark Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. FNCB Bancorp pays out 54.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Landmark Bancorp pays out 37.8% 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 1 consecutive years.
13.3% of FNCB Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.7% of Landmark Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 18.0% of FNCB Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of Landmark Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Landmark Bancorp received 172 more outperform votes than FNCB Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.40% of users gave Landmark Bancorp an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave FNCB Bancorp an outperform vote.
FNCB Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Landmark Bancorp. FNCB Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Landmark Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Landmark Bancorp has a net margin of 15.70% compared to Landmark Bancorp's net margin of 14.64%. FNCB Bancorp's return on equity of 10.38% beat Landmark Bancorp's return on equity.
FNCB Bancorp has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Landmark Bancorp has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Landmark Bancorp beats FNCB Bancorp on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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