FNCB vs. LARK, MRBK, CFBK, UBFO, HWBK, OPOF, FUNC, VABK, UBOH, and NKSH
Should you be buying FNCB Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FNCB Bancorp include Landmark Bancorp (LARK), Meridian (MRBK), CF Bankshares (CFBK), United Security Bancshares (UBFO), Hawthorn Bancshares (HWBK), Old Point Financial (OPOF), First United (FUNC), Virginia National Bankshares (VABK), United Bancshares (UBOH), and National Bankshares (NKSH). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
Landmark Bancorp (NASDAQ:LARK) and FNCB Bancorp (NASDAQ:FNCB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and community ranking.
Landmark Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. FNCB Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. 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.
Landmark Bancorp has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FNCB Bancorp has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, FNCB Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Landmark Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for FNCB Bancorp and 1 mentions for Landmark Bancorp. Landmark Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat FNCB Bancorp's score of 0.15 indicating that FNCB Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 18.0% of FNCB Bancorp shares are held 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.
Landmark Bancorp received 172 more outperform votes than FNCB Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.66% of users gave Landmark Bancorp an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave FNCB Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
FNCB Bancorp beats Landmark Bancorp on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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