LINKBANCORP (LNKB) Competitors $6.87 +0.07 (+1.03%) Closing price 05/30/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$6.85 -0.02 (-0.29%) As of 05/30/2025 04:04 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock LNKB vs. PFC, FSUN, ML, TRIN, AMAL, CNOB, SBSI, CNCK, FMBH, and BHRBShould you be buying LINKBANCORP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LINKBANCORP include Premier Financial (PFC), Firstsun Capital Bancorp (FSUN), MoneyLion (ML), Trinity Capital (TRIN), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Coincheck Group (CNCK), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), and Burke & Herbert Financial Services (BHRB). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry. LINKBANCORP vs. Premier Financial Firstsun Capital Bancorp MoneyLion Trinity Capital Amalgamated Financial ConnectOne Bancorp Southside Bancshares Coincheck Group First Mid Bancshares Burke & Herbert Financial Services Premier Financial (NASDAQ:PFC) and LINKBANCORP (NASDAQ:LNKB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings. Which has preferable valuation & earnings, PFC or LNKB? Premier Financial has higher revenue and earnings than LINKBANCORP. LINKBANCORP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Premier Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioPremier Financial$243.59M4.13$71.40M$1.9914.09LINKBANCORP$110.14M2.33$26.21M$0.967.16 Is PFC or LNKB a better dividend stock? Premier Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. LINKBANCORP pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Premier Financial pays out 62.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LINKBANCORP pays out 31.3% 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. Is PFC or LNKB more profitable? Premier Financial has a net margin of 16.12% compared to LINKBANCORP's net margin of 15.64%. LINKBANCORP's return on equity of 9.89% beat Premier Financial's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Premier Financial16.12% 7.66% 0.87% LINKBANCORP 15.64%9.89%0.95% Which has more volatility & risk, PFC or LNKB? Premier Financial has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LINKBANCORP has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PFC or LNKB? Premier Financial received 9 more outperform votes than LINKBANCORP when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.00% of users gave LINKBANCORP an outperform vote while only 38.89% of users gave Premier Financial an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformPremier FinancialOutperform Votes1438.89% Underperform Votes2261.11% LINKBANCORPOutperform Votes550.00% Underperform Votes550.00% Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PFC or LNKB? 66.1% of Premier Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.5% of LINKBANCORP shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Premier Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 37.5% of LINKBANCORP shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts recommend PFC or LNKB? LINKBANCORP has a consensus target price of $8.75, indicating a potential upside of 27.37%. Given LINKBANCORP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe LINKBANCORP is more favorable than Premier Financial.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Premier Financial 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00LINKBANCORP 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Does the media refer more to PFC or LNKB? In the previous week, LINKBANCORP had 8 more articles in the media than Premier Financial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for LINKBANCORP and 0 mentions for Premier Financial. LINKBANCORP's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Premier Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that LINKBANCORP is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Premier Financial Neutral LINKBANCORP Positive SummaryPremier Financial and LINKBANCORP tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get LINKBANCORP News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for LNKB and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart LNKB vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricLINKBANCORPState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$254.22M$3.27B$11.58B$8.40BDividend Yield4.40%3.77%5.53%4.17%P/E Ratio9.8124.0822.3119.78Price / Sales2.333.0926.60134.13Price / Cash35.2910.6317.6234.64Price / Book0.961.192.784.50Net Income$26.21M$372.21M$1.04B$248.20M7 Day Performance-0.15%1.06%0.65%1.00%1 Month Performance-2.14%3.31%3.57%8.02%1 Year Performance7.51%18.29%535.42%8.86% LINKBANCORP Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LNKBLINKBANCORP4.7546 of 5 stars$6.87+1.0%$8.75+27.4%+5.2%$254.22M$110.14M9.81110News CoveragePositive NewsShort Interest ↓PFCPremier FinancialN/A$28.04flatN/AN/A$1.00B$243.59M14.091,023FSUNFirstsun Capital Bancorp3.4258 of 5 stars$35.39-0.6%$46.00+30.0%N/A$985.01M$380.04M11.491,176Positive NewsMLMoneyLion0.5433 of 5 stars$85.90flat$90.40+5.2%N/A$972.39M$545.91M390.45560TRINTrinity Capital2.0817 of 5 stars$14.47+0.6%$15.13+4.5%-1.8%$935.50M$190.27M8.4640Positive NewsAMALAmalgamated Financial3.2387 of 5 stars$29.57-0.2%$36.50+23.4%+20.5%$904.55M$319.77M8.57380News CoveragePositive NewsCNOBConnectOne Bancorp4.6112 of 5 stars$22.79+0.7%$28.50+25.1%+22.1%$876.73M$270.12M12.88520News CoveragePositive NewsSBSISouthside BancsharesN/A$27.99-0.5%N/AN/A$845.69M$258.81M9.62810High Trading VolumeCNCKCoincheck Group2.3394 of 5 stars$6.51-12.0%$10.00+53.6%N/A$844.35M$383.33B0.00N/APositive NewsGap UpHigh Trading VolumeFMBHFirst Mid Bancshares2.8339 of 5 stars$34.97-0.6%$43.83+25.3%+12.4%$838.90M$322.32M10.631,070Positive NewsBHRBBurke & Herbert Financial Services3.677 of 5 stars$55.38-0.4%$73.00+31.8%+10.9%$830.98M$312.60M23.08850Positive NewsInsider TradeShort Interest ↑ Related Companies and Tools Related Companies PFC Competitors FSUN Competitors ML Competitors TRIN Competitors AMAL Competitors CNOB Competitors SBSI Competitors CNCK Competitors FMBH Competitors BHRB Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:LNKB) was last updated on 5/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... 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