LOB vs. RNST, BANR, FBK, HTLF, HTH, OMF, CADE, COOP, HWC, and SFBS
Should you be buying Live Oak Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Live Oak Bancshares include Renasant (RNST), Banner (BANR), FB Financial (FBK), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), Hilltop (HTH), OneMain (OMF), Cadence Bank (CADE), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), Hancock Whitney (HWC), and ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Live Oak Bancshares (NASDAQ:LOB) and Renasant (NASDAQ:RNST) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, Renasant had 8 more articles in the media than Live Oak Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Renasant and 10 mentions for Live Oak Bancshares. Live Oak Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Renasant's score of 0.42 indicating that Live Oak Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Live Oak Bancshares has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Renasant has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Live Oak Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Renasant pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Live Oak Bancshares pays out 6.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Renasant pays out 35.8% 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.
Renasant has a net margin of 15.04% compared to Live Oak Bancshares' net margin of 11.22%. Live Oak Bancshares' return on equity of 11.13% beat Renasant's return on equity.
Renasant received 102 more outperform votes than Live Oak Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.14% of users gave Renasant an outperform vote while only 54.13% of users gave Live Oak Bancshares an outperform vote.
Renasant has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Live Oak Bancshares. Renasant is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Live Oak Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
64.0% of Live Oak Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.3% of Renasant shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.9% of Live Oak Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Renasant shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Live Oak Bancshares presently has a consensus target price of $43.33, indicating a potential downside of 5.39%. Renasant has a consensus target price of $36.40, indicating a potential downside of 1.86%. Given Renasant's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Renasant is more favorable than Live Oak Bancshares.
Summary
Renasant beats Live Oak Bancshares on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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