FNCB vs. LARK, UBFO, CFBK, HWBK, PMBC, AROW, SMBK, ALRS, SHBI, and NEWT
Should you be buying FNCB Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FNCB Bancorp include Landmark Bancorp (LARK), United Security Bancshares (UBFO), CF Bankshares (CFBK), Hawthorn Bancshares (HWBK), Pacific Mercantile Bancorp (PMBC), Arrow Financial (AROW), SmartFinancial (SMBK), Alerus Financial (ALRS), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), and NewtekOne (NEWT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
FNCB Bancorp (NASDAQ:FNCB) and Landmark Bancorp (NASDAQ:LARK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
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. Landmark Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat FNCB Bancorp's score of 1.59 indicating that Landmark Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
13.3% of FNCB Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.7% of Landmark Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 18.0% of FNCB Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of Landmark Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
FNCB Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Landmark Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. FNCB Bancorp pays out 51.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Landmark Bancorp pays out 39.6% 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.
FNCB Bancorp has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Landmark Bancorp has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
FNCB Bancorp has a net margin of 14.92% compared to Landmark Bancorp's net margin of 14.39%. FNCB Bancorp's return on equity of 10.77% beat Landmark Bancorp's return on equity.
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.
Summary
Landmark Bancorp beats FNCB Bancorp on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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