LNKB vs. OBNK, GABC, QCRH, LBAI, SBSI, AMAL, FMBH, CTBI, CNOB, and PFC
Should you be buying LINKBANCORP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LINKBANCORP include Origin Bancorp (OBNK), German American Bancorp (GABC), QCR (QCRH), Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), and Premier Financial (PFC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
LINKBANCORP (NASDAQ:LNKB) and Origin Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBNK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation and profitability.
37.5% of LINKBANCORP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.8% of LINKBANCORP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
LINKBANCORP pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Origin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. LINKBANCORP pays out -115.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Origin Bancorp pays out 18.7% 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. LINKBANCORP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Origin Bancorp received 129 more outperform votes than LINKBANCORP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.77% of users gave Origin Bancorp an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave LINKBANCORP an outperform vote.
LINKBANCORP has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Origin Bancorp has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Origin Bancorp has a net margin of 20.47% compared to LINKBANCORP's net margin of -5.10%. Origin Bancorp's return on equity of 10.45% beat LINKBANCORP's return on equity.
In the previous week, LINKBANCORP had 5 more articles in the media than Origin Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for LINKBANCORP and 0 mentions for Origin Bancorp. LINKBANCORP's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Origin Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that LINKBANCORP is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Origin Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than LINKBANCORP. LINKBANCORP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Origin Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
LINKBANCORP presently has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.37%. Given LINKBANCORP's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe LINKBANCORP is more favorable than Origin Bancorp.
Summary
Origin Bancorp beats LINKBANCORP on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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