LCNB vs. ATLO, NKSH, FLIC, SFST, VABK, FDBC, FNLC, HWBK, CBNK, and FISI
Should you be buying LCNB stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LCNB include Ames National (ATLO), National Bankshares (NKSH), First of Long Island (FLIC), Southern First Bancshares (SFST), Virginia National Bankshares (VABK), Fidelity D & D Bancorp (FDBC), First Bancorp (FNLC), Hawthorn Bancshares (HWBK), Capital Bancorp (CBNK), and Financial Institutions (FISI). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
LCNB (NASDAQ:LCNB) and Ames National (NASDAQ:ATLO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
LCNB pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Ames National pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. LCNB pays out 95.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ames National pays out 97.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LCNB is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
LCNB received 143 more outperform votes than Ames National when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.68% of users gave LCNB an outperform vote while only 54.80% of users gave Ames National an outperform vote.
LCNB has higher revenue and earnings than Ames National. LCNB is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ames National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ames National has a net margin of 11.49% compared to LCNB's net margin of 10.16%. LCNB's return on equity of 7.31% beat Ames National's return on equity.
LCNB has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ames National has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ames National had 1 more articles in the media than LCNB. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ames National and 2 mentions for LCNB. Ames National's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat LCNB's score of 1.33 indicating that Ames National is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
34.7% of LCNB shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.5% of Ames National shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of LCNB shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Ames National shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
LCNB beats Ames National on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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