SBSI vs. LBAI, RBCAA, CTBI, GABC, PEBO, EGBN, GSBC, PFBC, FCBC, and VBTX
Should you be buying Southside Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southside Bancshares include Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), Republic Bancorp (RBCAA), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), German American Bancorp (GABC), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Preferred Bank (PFBC), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), and Veritex (VBTX). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Lakeland Bancorp (NASDAQ:LBAI) and Southside Bancshares (NASDAQ:SBSI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, earnings and valuation.
Lakeland Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $16.65, suggesting a potential upside of 46.57%. Southside Bancshares has a consensus price target of $33.50, suggesting a potential upside of 23.07%. Given Southside Bancshares' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lakeland Bancorp is more favorable than Southside Bancshares.
In the previous week, Southside Bancshares had 3 more articles in the media than Lakeland Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Southside Bancshares and 4 mentions for Lakeland Bancorp. Southside Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Lakeland Bancorp's score of 0.07 indicating that Lakeland Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lakeland Bancorp received 114 more outperform votes than Southside Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.93% of users gave Lakeland Bancorp an outperform vote while only 42.93% of users gave Southside Bancshares an outperform vote.
Lakeland Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Southside Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Lakeland Bancorp pays out 45.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southside Bancshares pays out 51.2% 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. Southside Bancshares has increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years. Southside Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
59.6% of Lakeland Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.7% of Southside Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Lakeland Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Southside Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Lakeland Bancorp has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southside Bancshares has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Southside Bancshares has a net margin of 21.92% compared to Southside Bancshares' net margin of 16.42%. Lakeland Bancorp's return on equity of 11.59% beat Southside Bancshares' return on equity.
Southside Bancshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lakeland Bancorp. Lakeland Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southside Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Southside Bancshares beats Lakeland Bancorp on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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