LARK vs. CFBK, FNCB, UBFO, HWBK, OPOF, AROW, SMBK, ALRS, SHBI, and GNTY
Should you be buying Landmark Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Landmark Bancorp include CF Bankshares (CFBK), FNCB Bancorp (FNCB), United Security Bancshares (UBFO), Hawthorn Bancshares (HWBK), Old Point Financial (OPOF), Arrow Financial (AROW), SmartFinancial (SMBK), Alerus Financial (ALRS), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), and Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
Landmark Bancorp (NASDAQ:LARK) and CF Bankshares (NASDAQ:CFBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
Landmark Bancorp received 20 more outperform votes than CF Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.94% of users gave Landmark Bancorp an outperform vote while only 63.87% of users gave CF Bankshares an outperform vote.
25.7% of Landmark Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.1% of CF Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 17.2% of Landmark Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.7% of CF Bankshares 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.
Landmark Bancorp has a net margin of 14.39% compared to CF Bankshares' net margin of 13.25%. CF Bankshares' return on equity of 10.17% beat Landmark Bancorp's return on equity.
Landmark Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. CF Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Landmark Bancorp pays out 39.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CF Bankshares pays out 10.0% 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.
CF Bankshares has higher revenue and earnings than Landmark Bancorp. CF Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Landmark Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Landmark Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than CF Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Landmark Bancorp and 3 mentions for CF Bankshares. Landmark Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat CF Bankshares' score of 1.45 indicating that Landmark Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Landmark Bancorp has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CF Bankshares has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CF Bankshares beats Landmark Bancorp on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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