LCNB (LCNB) Competitors

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

Is LCNB or NKSH a better dividend stock?

LCNB pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. National Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. LCNB pays out 172.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. National Bankshares pays out 100.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk & volatility, LCNB or NKSH?

LCNB has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Bankshares has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LCNB or NKSH more profitable?

National Bankshares has a net margin of 11.44% compared to LCNB's net margin of 5.88%. LCNB's return on equity of 6.39% beat National Bankshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LCNB	5.88%	6.39%	0.67%
National Bankshares	11.44%	5.85%	0.50%

Does the media refer more to LCNB or NKSH?

In the previous week, LCNB had 3 more articles in the media than National Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for LCNB and 2 mentions for National Bankshares. National Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat LCNB's score of 0.73 indicating that National Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LCNB	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
National Bankshares	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, LCNB or NKSH?

National Bankshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LCNB. National Bankshares 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
LCNB	$95.01M	2.52	$12.63M	$0.51	33.24
National Bankshares	$68.19M	2.90	$15.69M	$1.45	21.41

Do insiders & institutionals believe in LCNB or NKSH?

34.7% of LCNB shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.7% of National Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of LCNB shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of National Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LCNB or NKSH?

LCNB received 31 more outperform votes than National Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.25% of users gave LCNB an outperform vote while only 50.24% of users gave National Bankshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LCNB	Outperform Votes 240 58.25%	Underperform Votes 172 41.75%
National Bankshares	Outperform Votes 209 50.24%	Underperform Votes 207 49.76%

Summary

LCNB beats National Bankshares on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.