LNKB vs. HMST, JMSB, FRBA, CIVB, CVCY, BSVN, BMRC, OBT, BCML, and MVBF
Should you be buying LINKBANCORP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LINKBANCORP include HomeStreet (HMST), John Marshall Bancorp (JMSB), First Bank (FRBA), Civista Bancshares (CIVB), Central Valley Community Bancorp (CVCY), Bank7 (BSVN), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), Orange County Bancorp (OBT), BayCom (BCML), and MVB Financial (MVBF). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
HomeStreet (NASDAQ:HMST) and LINKBANCORP (NASDAQ:LNKB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.
LINKBANCORP has lower revenue, but higher earnings than HomeStreet. LINKBANCORP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HomeStreet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, HomeStreet had 2 more articles in the media than LINKBANCORP. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for HomeStreet and 1 mentions for LINKBANCORP. LINKBANCORP's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat HomeStreet's score of -0.71 indicating that HomeStreet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HomeStreet has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LINKBANCORP has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
HomeStreet received 260 more outperform votes than LINKBANCORP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.25% of users gave HomeStreet an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave LINKBANCORP an outperform vote.
HomeStreet currently has a consensus price target of $12.17, indicating a potential upside of 0.97%. LINKBANCORP has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.48%. Given HomeStreet's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe LINKBANCORP is more favorable than HomeStreet.
74.7% of HomeStreet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.5% of LINKBANCORP shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of HomeStreet shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.2% of LINKBANCORP shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
HomeStreet has a net margin of -6.23% compared to HomeStreet's net margin of -18.34%. HomeStreet's return on equity of 3.59% beat LINKBANCORP's return on equity.
Summary
HomeStreet beats LINKBANCORP on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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