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LINKBANCORP (LNKB) Competitors

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$7.22 +0.02 (+0.28%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

LNKB vs. CNOB, BFC, BHRB, BITF, FSUN, AMTB, CCB, PFC, FMBH, and ML

Should you be buying LINKBANCORP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LINKBANCORP include ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Bank First (BFC), Burke & Herbert Financial Services (BHRB), Bitfarms (BITF), Firstsun Capital Bancorp (FSUN), Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), Coastal Financial (CCB), Premier Financial (PFC), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), and MoneyLion (ML). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

LINKBANCORP vs.

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

LINKBANCORP has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ConnectOne Bancorp has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

37.5% of LINKBANCORP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of ConnectOne Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 35.8% of LINKBANCORP shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of ConnectOne Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

ConnectOne Bancorp received 258 more outperform votes than LINKBANCORP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.26% of users gave ConnectOne Bancorp an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave LINKBANCORP an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LINKBANCORPOutperform Votes
3
37.50%
Underperform Votes
5
62.50%
ConnectOne BancorpOutperform Votes
261
58.26%
Underperform Votes
187
41.74%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
LINKBANCORP$66.29M4.07-$11.97M-$0.07-103.07
ConnectOne Bancorp$504.07M2.02$87M$1.7415.28

In the previous week, ConnectOne Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than LINKBANCORP. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ConnectOne Bancorp and 3 mentions for LINKBANCORP. ConnectOne Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat LINKBANCORP's score of 0.26 indicating that ConnectOne Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
LINKBANCORP
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
ConnectOne Bancorp
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

LINKBANCORP pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. ConnectOne Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. LINKBANCORP pays out -428.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ConnectOne Bancorp pays out 41.4% 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. LINKBANCORP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

LINKBANCORP presently has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.95%. ConnectOne Bancorp has a consensus price target of $26.33, suggesting a potential downside of 0.93%. Given LINKBANCORP's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe LINKBANCORP is more favorable than ConnectOne Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
LINKBANCORP
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
ConnectOne Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

ConnectOne Bancorp has a net margin of 13.56% compared to LINKBANCORP's net margin of 3.65%. LINKBANCORP's return on equity of 7.86% beat ConnectOne Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
LINKBANCORP3.65% 7.86% 0.76%
ConnectOne Bancorp 13.56%6.71%0.76%

Summary

ConnectOne Bancorp beats LINKBANCORP on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LNKB vs. The Competition

MetricLINKBANCORPState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$269.63M$3.16B$10.56B$8.82B
Dividend Yield4.19%3.50%10.16%4.07%
P/E Ratio-103.0717.3649.3017.81
Price / Sales2.812.813,460.6574.38
Price / Cash34.3711.1530.5032.53
Price / Book1.011.322.764.68
Net Income-$11.97M$405.80M$995.76M$226.08M
7 Day Performance-1.84%-1.21%-0.34%-2.04%
1 Month Performance12.73%6.08%1.82%0.06%
1 Year Performance19.26%33.93%23.83%24.60%

LINKBANCORP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LNKB
LINKBANCORP
2.1982 of 5 stars
$7.22
+0.3%
$7.50
+4.0%
+19.3%$268.69M$66.29M-103.07110
CNOB
ConnectOne Bancorp
4.7352 of 5 stars
$26.58
-1.1%
$26.33
-0.9%
+36.1%$1.03B$504.07M15.28487Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
BFC
Bank First
0.9984 of 5 stars
$102.75
+0.1%
$102.00
-0.7%
+21.6%$1.03B$240.60M12.62361
BHRB
Burke & Herbert Financial Services
3.5456 of 5 stars
$67.78
-0.1%
$74.00
+9.2%
+43.2%$1.02B$164.85M0.00850Insider Trade
Positive News
BITF
Bitfarms
1.9911 of 5 stars
$2.17
-2.7%
$3.66
+68.7%
+85.5%$1.01B$146.37M0.00110Options Volume
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
FSUN
Firstsun Capital Bancorp
N/A$37.09
+2.5%
$42.00
+13.2%
N/A$1.00B$492.78M0.001,128Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
AMTB
Amerant Bancorp
1.2183 of 5 stars
$23.80
+0.4%
$25.60
+7.6%
+13.5%$998.39M$636.08M17.83680
CCB
Coastal Financial
4.5165 of 5 stars
$74.79
+1.6%
$74.67
-0.2%
+85.2%$996.73M$537.55M25.18380Positive News
PFC
Premier Financial
4.0897 of 5 stars
$27.50
-0.5%
$22.50
-18.2%
+32.9%$990.65M$456.36M13.961,023Positive News
FMBH
First Mid Bancshares
1.9124 of 5 stars
$41.37
+0.2%
$42.00
+1.5%
+31.3%$987.31M$386.95M12.731,219
ML
MoneyLion
3.8498 of 5 stars
$78.45
-5.6%
$90.71
+15.6%
+127.2%$922.62M$423.43M356.57560Insider Trade

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This page (NASDAQ:LNKB) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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