LCNB vs. NKSH, HWBK, VABK, MRBK, FNCB, SFST, FLIC, UBOH, FISI, and FNLC
Should you be buying LCNB stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LCNB include National Bankshares (NKSH), Hawthorn Bancshares (HWBK), Virginia National Bankshares (VABK), Meridian (MRBK), FNCB Bancorp (FNCB), Southern First Bancshares (SFST), First of Long Island (FLIC), United Bancshares (UBOH), Financial Institutions (FISI), and First Bancorp (FNLC). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
LCNB (NASDAQ:LCNB) and National Bankshares (NASDAQ:NKSH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
LCNB has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Bankshares has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
38.1% of LCNB shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.1% of National Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of LCNB shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of National Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
LCNB received 97 more outperform votes than National Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.11% of users gave LCNB an outperform vote while only 49.65% of users gave National Bankshares an outperform vote.
National Bankshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LCNB.
In the previous week, LCNB had 3 more articles in the media than National Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for LCNB and 2 mentions for National Bankshares. LCNB's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat National Bankshares' score of 0.60 indicating that LCNB is being referred to more favorably in the media.
LCNB pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. National Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. LCNB pays out 50.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
LCNB presently has a consensus target price of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.69%. National Bankshares has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.18%. Given LCNB's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe LCNB is more favorable than National Bankshares.
National Bankshares has a net margin of 29.63% compared to LCNB's net margin of 21.85%. National Bankshares' return on equity of 16.71% beat LCNB's return on equity.
Summary
LCNB beats National Bankshares on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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