FNCB Bancorp (FNCB) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate LARK or FNCB?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Landmark Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
FNCB Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LARK or FNCB?

25.7% of Landmark Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.3% of FNCB Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 17.2% of Landmark Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.0% of FNCB Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LARK or FNCB?

Landmark Bancorp received 172 more outperform votes than FNCB Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.94% of users gave Landmark Bancorp an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave FNCB Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Landmark Bancorp	Outperform Votes 172 63.94%	Underperform Votes 97 36.06%
FNCB Bancorp	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 1 100.00%

Which has more volatility and risk, LARK or FNCB?

Landmark Bancorp has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FNCB Bancorp has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LARK or FNCB a better dividend stock?

Landmark Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. FNCB Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Landmark Bancorp pays out 39.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FNCB Bancorp pays out 51.4% 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. Landmark Bancorp has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and FNCB Bancorp has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years. FNCB Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, LARK or FNCB?

FNCB Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Landmark Bancorp. FNCB Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Landmark 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
Landmark Bancorp	$77.91M	1.37	$12.24M	$2.12	9.17
FNCB Bancorp	$88.67M	1.27	$12.98M	$0.70	8.14

Is LARK or FNCB more profitable?

FNCB Bancorp has a net margin of 14.92% compared to FNCB Bancorp's net margin of 14.39%. Landmark Bancorp's return on equity of 10.77% beat FNCB Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Landmark Bancorp	14.39%	9.70%	0.75%
FNCB Bancorp	14.92%	10.77%	0.75%

Does the media prefer LARK or FNCB?

In the previous week, Landmark Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than FNCB Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Landmark Bancorp and 2 mentions for FNCB Bancorp. FNCB Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Landmark Bancorp's score of 1.43 indicating that Landmark Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Landmark Bancorp	Very Positive
FNCB Bancorp	Positive

Summary

Landmark Bancorp beats FNCB Bancorp on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.