LNKB vs. SII, PFC, CNOB, BFC, AMTB, ML, BHRB, TRIN, FMBH, and ATLC
Should you be buying LINKBANCORP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LINKBANCORP include Sprott (SII), Premier Financial (PFC), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Bank First (BFC), Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), MoneyLion (ML), Burke & Herbert Financial Services (BHRB), Trinity Capital (TRIN), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), and Atlanticus (ATLC). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
LINKBANCORP vs.
Sprott (NYSE:SII) and LINKBANCORP (NASDAQ:LNKB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Sprott has a net margin of 27.38% compared to LINKBANCORP's net margin of 15.64%. Sprott's return on equity of 15.02% beat LINKBANCORP's return on equity.
In the previous week, Sprott had 4 more articles in the media than LINKBANCORP. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Sprott and 0 mentions for LINKBANCORP. Sprott's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat LINKBANCORP's score of 0.00 indicating that Sprott is being referred to more favorably in the media.
LINKBANCORP has a consensus target price of $8.25, indicating a potential upside of 15.14%. Given LINKBANCORP's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe LINKBANCORP is more favorable than Sprott.
Sprott has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LINKBANCORP has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sprott received 7 more outperform votes than LINKBANCORP when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 44.44% of users gave LINKBANCORP an outperform vote while only 39.29% of users gave Sprott an outperform vote.
Sprott has higher revenue and earnings than LINKBANCORP. LINKBANCORP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sprott, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sprott pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. LINKBANCORP pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Sprott pays out 65.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LINKBANCORP pays out 42.9% 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. LINKBANCORP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
28.3% of Sprott shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.5% of LINKBANCORP shares are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of Sprott shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 35.8% of LINKBANCORP shares are held 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.
Summary
Sprott beats LINKBANCORP on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LNKB) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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