Landsea Homes (LSEA) Competitors

Greene County Bancorp (NASDAQ:GCBC) and Landsea Homes (NASDAQ:LSEA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.

Which has more risk and volatility, GCBC or LSEA?

Greene County Bancorp has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Landsea Homes has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend GCBC or LSEA?

Landsea Homes has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.70%. Given Greene County Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Landsea Homes is more favorable than Greene County Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Greene County Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Landsea Homes	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GCBC or LSEA?

Greene County Bancorp received 108 more outperform votes than Landsea Homes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.04% of users gave Greene County Bancorp an outperform vote while only 32.56% of users gave Landsea Homes an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Greene County Bancorp	Outperform Votes 122 53.04%	Underperform Votes 108 46.96%
Landsea Homes	Outperform Votes 14 32.56%	Underperform Votes 29 67.44%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in GCBC or LSEA?

13.4% of Greene County Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.8% of Landsea Homes shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Greene County Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 66.9% of Landsea Homes shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, GCBC or LSEA?

Landsea Homes has higher revenue and earnings than Greene County Bancorp. Landsea Homes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greene County Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Greene County Bancorp	$96.77M	4.40	$30.78M	$1.66	15.02
Landsea Homes	$1.45B	0.31	$73.55M	$1.04	11.39

Does the media prefer GCBC or LSEA?

In the previous week, Landsea Homes had 2 more articles in the media than Greene County Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Landsea Homes and 1 mentions for Greene County Bancorp. Landsea Homes' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Greene County Bancorp's score of 0.57 indicating that Greene County Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Greene County Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Landsea Homes	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GCBC or LSEA more profitable?

Greene County Bancorp has a net margin of 27.40% compared to Greene County Bancorp's net margin of 3.42%. Landsea Homes' return on equity of 15.80% beat Greene County Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Greene County Bancorp	27.40%	15.80%	1.05%
Landsea Homes	3.42%	9.18%	4.52%

Summary

Landsea Homes beats Greene County Bancorp on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.