IROQ vs. LSBK, MGYR, PROV, KFFB, HMNF, PDLB, CVLY, BCBP, WNEB, and FGBI
Should you be buying IF Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IF Bancorp include Lake Shore Bancorp (LSBK), Magyar Bancorp (MGYR), Provident Financial (PROV), Kentucky First Federal Bancorp (KFFB), HMN Financial (HMNF), Ponce Financial Group (PDLB), Codorus Valley Bancorp (CVLY), BCB Bancorp (BCBP), Western New England Bancorp (WNEB), and First Guaranty Bancshares (FGBI). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
IF Bancorp (NASDAQ:IROQ) and Lake Shore Bancorp (NASDAQ:LSBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Lake Shore Bancorp has a net margin of 11.16% compared to IF Bancorp's net margin of 4.52%. Lake Shore Bancorp's return on equity of 4.91% beat IF Bancorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, IF Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Lake Shore Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for IF Bancorp and 3 mentions for Lake Shore Bancorp. IF Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Lake Shore Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that IF Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
IF Bancorp has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lake Shore Bancorp has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lake Shore Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than IF Bancorp. Lake Shore Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IF Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
44.1% of IF Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.8% of Lake Shore Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 14.1% of IF Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Lake Shore Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
IF Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Lake Shore Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. IF Bancorp pays out 65.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lake Shore Bancorp pays out 25.4% 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.
IF Bancorp received 23 more outperform votes than Lake Shore Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.03% of users gave IF Bancorp an outperform vote while only 64.34% of users gave Lake Shore Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
IF Bancorp beats Lake Shore Bancorp on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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