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$15.81 +0.59 (+3.90%)
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LCNB vs. CFB, ATLC, ESQ, OSBC, HBT, XYF, AMTB, EQBK, MCB, and BFST

Should you be buying LCNB stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LCNB include CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), Atlanticus (ATLC), Esquire Financial (ESQ), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), HBT Financial (HBT), X Financial (XYF), Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), Equity Bancshares (EQBK), Metropolitan Bank (MCB), and Business First Bancshares (BFST). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

LCNB vs. Its Competitors

CrossFirst Bankshares (NASDAQ:CFB) and LCNB (NASDAQ:LCNB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

CrossFirst Bankshares has a net margin of 15.18% compared to LCNB's net margin of 12.72%. CrossFirst Bankshares' return on equity of 11.06% beat LCNB's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CrossFirst Bankshares15.18% 11.06% 1.08%
LCNB 12.72%7.68%0.83%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CrossFirst Bankshares$261.78M3.01$78.55M$1.5610.25
LCNB$125.42M1.79$13.49M$1.1513.75

CrossFirst Bankshares has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LCNB has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

56.3% of CrossFirst Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.7% of LCNB shares are held by institutional investors. 9.3% of CrossFirst Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of LCNB shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

CrossFirst Bankshares currently has a consensus target price of $19.33, suggesting a potential upside of 20.91%. LCNB has a consensus target price of $16.25, suggesting a potential upside of 2.76%. Given CrossFirst Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe CrossFirst Bankshares is more favorable than LCNB.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CrossFirst Bankshares
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
LCNB
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, LCNB had 1 more articles in the media than CrossFirst Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for LCNB and 1 mentions for CrossFirst Bankshares. LCNB's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat CrossFirst Bankshares' score of 0.00 indicating that LCNB is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CrossFirst Bankshares
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
LCNB
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

CrossFirst Bankshares beats LCNB on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LCNB vs. The Competition

MetricLCNBBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$224.08M$877.18M$12.05B$9.02B
Dividend Yield5.78%3.16%5.57%4.10%
P/E Ratio13.7519.4020.0620.29
Price / Sales1.792.2025.61112.84
Price / Cash11.7949.0521.5057.47
Price / Book0.881.132.285.68
Net Income$13.49M$53.76M$1.00B$249.04M
7 Day Performance7.58%4.36%2.21%3.30%
1 Month Performance13.28%8.34%4.46%5.20%
1 Year Performance19.35%28.16%540.87%21.37%

LCNB Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LCNB
LCNB
2.8434 of 5 stars
$15.81
+3.9%
$16.25
+2.8%
+19.4%$224.08M$125.42M13.75310News Coverage
CFB
CrossFirst Bankshares
1.0322 of 5 stars
$15.99
flat
$19.33
+20.9%
N/A$788.55M$261.78M10.25460
ATLC
Atlanticus
2.1266 of 5 stars
$50.67
-0.6%
$62.60
+23.5%
+89.9%$770.83M$1.31B9.80330Gap Down
ESQ
Esquire Financial
2.0508 of 5 stars
$93.73
+5.0%
$92.50
-1.3%
+111.4%$755.61M$138.27M17.72110High Trading Volume
OSBC
Old Second Bancorp
2.2144 of 5 stars
$17.19
+2.9%
$20.10
+16.9%
+28.9%$752.89M$341.72M9.39890News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
HBT
HBT Financial
2.5367 of 5 stars
$24.48
+3.6%
$25.80
+5.4%
+50.6%$744.24M$287.27M10.29730
XYF
X Financial
3.0432 of 5 stars
$16.86
-2.0%
N/A+343.1%$718.61M$804.43M3.51420Positive News
AMTB
Amerant Bancorp
3.4446 of 5 stars
$17.27
+3.5%
$24.60
+42.4%
-12.7%$698.13M$317.91M-30.31680Positive News
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
4.2531 of 5 stars
$39.76
+3.4%
$46.60
+17.2%
+23.8%$696.36M$225.03M9.99700News Coverage
MCB
Metropolitan Bank
2.3929 of 5 stars
$67.02
+3.2%
$77.00
+14.9%
+77.3%$692.37M$492.21M11.34240
BFST
Business First Bancshares
3.6739 of 5 stars
$23.85
+2.7%
$31.00
+30.0%
+23.3%$689.52M$458.96M9.81750Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:LCNB) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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