LKFN vs. ONB, BPOP, COLB, GBCI, HOMB, UMBF, FFIN, FNB, UBSI, and ABCB
Should you be buying Lakeland Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lakeland Financial include Old National Bancorp (ONB), Popular (BPOP), Columbia Banking System (COLB), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), UMB Financial (UMBF), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), F.N.B. (FNB), United Bankshares (UBSI), and Ameris Bancorp (ABCB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Lakeland Financial vs.
Old National Bancorp (NASDAQ:ONB) and Lakeland Financial (NASDAQ:LKFN) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
Old National Bancorp received 7 more outperform votes than Lakeland Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.60% of users gave Lakeland Financial an outperform vote while only 54.60% of users gave Old National Bancorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Old National Bancorp had 7 more articles in the media than Lakeland Financial. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Old National Bancorp and 2 mentions for Lakeland Financial. Lakeland Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Old National Bancorp's score of 0.90 indicating that Lakeland Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Old National Bancorp has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lakeland Financial has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
83.7% of Old National Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Lakeland Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Old National Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Lakeland Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Old National Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Lakeland Financial. Old National Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lakeland Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Old National Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $24.38, indicating a potential upside of 13.37%. Lakeland Financial has a consensus target price of $71.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.08%. Given Old National Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Old National Bancorp is more favorable than Lakeland Financial.
Lakeland Financial has a net margin of 22.85% compared to Old National Bancorp's net margin of 17.93%. Lakeland Financial's return on equity of 13.64% beat Old National Bancorp's return on equity.
Old National Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Lakeland Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Old National Bancorp pays out 33.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lakeland Financial pays out 49.9% 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. Lakeland Financial has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Lakeland Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Old National Bancorp and Lakeland Financial tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LKFN) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff