LCNB (LCNB) Competitors

Ames National (NASDAQ:ATLO) and LCNB (NASDAQ:LCNB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Is ATLO or LCNB more profitable?

LCNB has a net margin of 13.29% compared to LCNB's net margin of 12.95%. Ames National's return on equity of 8.31% beat LCNB's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ames National	12.95%	6.90%	0.50%
LCNB	13.29%	8.31%	0.86%

Is ATLO or LCNB a better dividend stock?

Ames National pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. LCNB pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Ames National pays out 89.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LCNB pays out 77.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LCNB has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. LCNB is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate ATLO or LCNB?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ames National	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
LCNB	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, ATLO or LCNB?

Ames National has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LCNB has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ATLO or LCNB?

In the previous week, LCNB had 3 more articles in the media than Ames National. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for LCNB and 1 mentions for Ames National. LCNB's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Ames National's score of 0.44 indicating that Ames National is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ames National	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
LCNB	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ATLO or LCNB?

LCNB received 143 more outperform votes than Ames National when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.68% of users gave LCNB an outperform vote while only 54.80% of users gave Ames National an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ames National	Outperform Votes 97 54.80%	Underperform Votes 80 45.20%
LCNB	Outperform Votes 240 58.68%	Underperform Votes 169 41.32%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ATLO or LCNB?

26.5% of Ames National shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.7% of LCNB shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Ames National shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of LCNB shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, ATLO or LCNB?

LCNB has higher revenue and earnings than Ames National. LCNB is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ames National, 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
Ames National	$83.52M	2.06	$10.82M	$1.21	15.83
LCNB	$95.01M	2.08	$12.63M	$1.14	13.13

Summary

LCNB beats Ames National on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.