LCNB (LCNB) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, LCNB or FUFU?

LCNB has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BitFuFu has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LCNB or FUFU more profitable?

BitFuFu has a net margin of 8.17% compared to LCNB's net margin of 5.88%. BitFuFu's return on equity of 40.15% beat LCNB's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LCNB	5.88%	6.39%	0.67%
BitFuFu	8.17%	40.15%	13.55%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, LCNB or FUFU?

LCNB has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BitFuFu.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LCNB	$95.01M	2.24	$12.63M	$0.51	29.55
BitFuFu	$284.11M	2.97	$10.49M	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to LCNB or FUFU?

In the previous week, BitFuFu had 3 more articles in the media than LCNB. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for BitFuFu and 1 mentions for LCNB. LCNB's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat BitFuFu's score of 0.71 indicating that LCNB is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LCNB or FUFU?

LCNB received 238 more outperform votes than BitFuFu when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave BitFuFu an outperform vote while only 58.11% of users gave LCNB an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LCNB	Outperform Votes 240 58.11%	Underperform Votes 173 41.89%
BitFuFu	Outperform Votes 2 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do analysts recommend LCNB or FUFU?

LCNB presently has a consensus target price of $16.25, suggesting a potential upside of 7.83%. BitFuFu has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.40%. Given BitFuFu's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BitFuFu is more favorable than LCNB.

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in LCNB or FUFU?

34.7% of LCNB shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.3% of BitFuFu shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of LCNB shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.0% of BitFuFu shares are held by company 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.

Summary

BitFuFu beats LCNB on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.