LEGH vs. FMBH, CCAP, CFB, ACRE, VKQ, PEO, CCBG, VGM, ALTI, and PGC
Should you be buying Legacy Housing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Legacy Housing include First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE), Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM), AlTi Global (ALTI), and Peapack-Gladstone Financial (PGC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Legacy Housing vs.
Legacy Housing (NASDAQ:LEGH) and First Mid Bancshares (NASDAQ:FMBH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and community ranking.
First Mid Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Legacy Housing. First Mid Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Legacy Housing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Legacy Housing had 10 more articles in the media than First Mid Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Legacy Housing and 2 mentions for First Mid Bancshares. First Mid Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Legacy Housing's score of -0.03 indicating that First Mid Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Legacy Housing presently has a consensus target price of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 39.86%. First Mid Bancshares has a consensus target price of $40.75, suggesting a potential upside of 65.05%. Given First Mid Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First Mid Bancshares is more favorable than Legacy Housing.
Legacy Housing has a net margin of 27.19% compared to First Mid Bancshares' net margin of 24.48%. Legacy Housing's return on equity of 18.25% beat First Mid Bancshares' return on equity.
First Mid Bancshares received 96 more outperform votes than Legacy Housing when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.49% of users gave Legacy Housing an outperform vote while only 52.29% of users gave First Mid Bancshares an outperform vote.
Legacy Housing has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Mid Bancshares has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
21.6% of Legacy Housing shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of First Mid Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.4% of Legacy Housing shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of First Mid Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
First Mid Bancshares beats Legacy Housing on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LEGH and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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