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Lake Shore Bancorp (LSBK) Competitors

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LSBK vs. WTBA, WSBF, TSBK, FSFG, CZWI, FCAP, LARK, RVSB, PROV, and PBHC

Should you be buying Lake Shore Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lake Shore Bancorp include West Bancorporation (WTBA), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), Timberland Bancorp (TSBK), First Savings Financial Group (FSFG), Citizens Community Bancorp (CZWI), First Capital (FCAP), Landmark Bancorp (LARK), Riverview Bancorp (RVSB), Provident Financial (PROV), and Pathfinder Bancorp (PBHC). These companies are all part of the "fin - svgs & loan" industry.

Lake Shore Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

Lake Shore Bancorp (NASDAQ:LSBK) and West Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WTBA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

8.8% of Lake Shore Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.3% of West Bancorporation shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Lake Shore Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of West Bancorporation shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Lake Shore Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. West Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Lake Shore Bancorp pays out 41.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. West Bancorporation pays out 58.8% 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.

In the previous week, West Bancorporation had 3 more articles in the media than Lake Shore Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for West Bancorporation and 1 mentions for Lake Shore Bancorp. West Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Lake Shore Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that West Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Lake Shore Bancorp Neutral
West Bancorporation Neutral

Lake Shore Bancorp has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, West Bancorporation has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Lake Shore Bancorp has a net margin of 15.08% compared to West Bancorporation's net margin of 14.40%. West Bancorporation's return on equity of 12.26% beat Lake Shore Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lake Shore Bancorp15.08% 6.41% 0.84%
West Bancorporation 14.40%12.26%0.72%

West Bancorporation has higher revenue and earnings than Lake Shore Bancorp. West Bancorporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lake Shore Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lake Shore Bancorp$38.11M2.57$4.93M$0.8614.55
West Bancorporation$198.50M1.65$24.05M$1.7011.38

West Bancorporation has a consensus target price of $20.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.94%. Given West Bancorporation's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe West Bancorporation is more favorable than Lake Shore Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lake Shore Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
West Bancorporation
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

West Bancorporation beats Lake Shore Bancorp on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LSBK vs. The Competition

MetricLake Shore BancorpFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$99.85M$563.41M$12.47B$10.54B
Dividend Yield2.82%3.20%5.54%4.78%
P/E Ratio14.9213.0832.5427.10
Price / Sales2.571.7229.86131.34
Price / Cash15.9015.8822.7962.13
Price / Book1.081.032.236.58
Net Income$4.93M$36.82M$1.02B$276.75M

Lake Shore Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LSBK
Lake Shore Bancorp
1.0888 of 5 stars
$12.51
+4.7%
N/A-5.3%$99.85M$38.11M14.92115Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
WTBA
West Bancorporation
2.8991 of 5 stars
$19.93
-1.2%
$20.50
+2.9%
-5.3%$337.61M$198.50M11.72180News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
WSBF
Waterstone Financial
3.3921 of 5 stars
$15.29
flat
N/A-1.1%$285.62M$202.47M13.41600News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
TSBK
Timberland Bancorp
3.5027 of 5 stars
$32.27
-1.3%
N/A+1.8%$254.93M$105.96M9.49300Positive News
FSFG
First Savings Financial Group
4.3204 of 5 stars
$31.47
-1.2%
$32.33
+2.7%
+18.9%$219.66M$134.52M10.18470Upcoming Earnings
CZWI
Citizens Community Bancorp
3.9064 of 5 stars
$15.93
-0.4%
N/A+6.6%$157.23M$99.72M12.85220Positive News
FCAP
First Capital
1.9108 of 5 stars
$45.75
-1.3%
N/A+9.5%$153.72M$58.13M11.61220News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
LARK
Landmark Bancorp
1.3157 of 5 stars
$26.17
-1.5%
N/A+28.9%$151.26M$89.35M9.29270News Coverage
RVSB
Riverview Bancorp
4.3679 of 5 stars
$5.25
-0.6%
$7.00
+33.3%
+7.5%$109.98M$51.68M21.88220Upcoming Earnings
PROV
Provident Financial
4.2684 of 5 stars
$15.77
-0.5%
$16.50
+4.6%
+4.8%$103.77M$60.15M16.96160News Coverage
PBHC
Pathfinder Bancorp
1.8952 of 5 stars
$15.41
-0.6%
N/A-6.0%$73.76M$46.71M44.01170Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:LSBK) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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