LCNB (LCNB) Competitors

LexinFintech (NASDAQ:LX) and LCNB (NASDAQ:LCNB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of LX or LCNB?

34.7% of LCNB shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.8% of LexinFintech shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of LCNB shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, LX or LCNB?

LexinFintech has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LCNB has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer LX or LCNB?

In the previous week, LexinFintech had 2 more articles in the media than LCNB. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for LexinFintech and 2 mentions for LCNB. LexinFintech's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat LCNB's score of 0.50 indicating that LexinFintech is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LexinFintech	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
LCNB	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is LX or LCNB a better dividend stock?

LexinFintech pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. LCNB pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. LexinFintech pays out 19.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LCNB pays out 172.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LX or LCNB?

LexinFintech received 1 more outperform votes than LCNB when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.80% of users gave LexinFintech an outperform vote while only 58.11% of users gave LCNB an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LexinFintech	Outperform Votes 241 59.80%	Underperform Votes 162 40.20%
LCNB	Outperform Votes 240 58.11%	Underperform Votes 173 41.89%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, LX or LCNB?

LexinFintech has higher revenue and earnings than LCNB. LexinFintech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LCNB, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LexinFintech	$14.05B	0.07	$150.14M	$0.63	9.38
LCNB	$76.65M	2.81	$12.63M	$0.51	29.88

Is LX or LCNB more profitable?

LCNB has a net margin of 5.88% compared to LexinFintech's net margin of 5.34%. LexinFintech's return on equity of 7.47% beat LCNB's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LexinFintech	5.34%	7.47%	3.26%
LCNB	5.88%	6.39%	0.67%

Do analysts prefer LX or LCNB?

LCNB has a consensus target price of $16.25, suggesting a potential upside of 6.63%. Given LCNB's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe LCNB is more favorable than LexinFintech.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LexinFintech	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
LCNB	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

LexinFintech beats LCNB on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.