Live Oak Bancshares (LOB) Competitors $47.89 -0.66 (-1.36%) (As of 11/15/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsTrends LOB vs. HTH, IBKC, RNST, BANR, FBK, WF, CADE, UPST, OMF, and COOPShould you be buying Live Oak Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Live Oak Bancshares include Hilltop (HTH), IBERIABANK (IBKC), Renasant (RNST), Banner (BANR), FB Financial (FBK), Woori Financial Group (WF), Cadence Bank (CADE), Upstart (UPST), OneMain (OMF), and Mr. Cooper Group (COOP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector. Live Oak Bancshares vs. Hilltop IBERIABANK Renasant Banner FB Financial Woori Financial Group Cadence Bank Upstart OneMain Mr. Cooper Group Hilltop (NYSE:HTH) and Live Oak Bancshares (NASDAQ:LOB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and valuation. Is HTH or LOB more profitable? Live Oak Bancshares has a net margin of 7.99% compared to Hilltop's net margin of 6.65%. Live Oak Bancshares' return on equity of 7.65% beat Hilltop's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Hilltop6.65% 4.90% 0.66% Live Oak Bancshares 7.99%7.65%0.62% Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HTH or LOB? 57.1% of Hilltop shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of Live Oak Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.3% of Hilltop shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.9% of Live Oak Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts prefer HTH or LOB? Hilltop presently has a consensus price target of $34.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.88%. Live Oak Bancshares has a consensus price target of $45.50, suggesting a potential downside of 4.99%. Given Hilltop's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hilltop is more favorable than Live Oak Bancshares.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Hilltop 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Live Oak Bancshares 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50 Is HTH or LOB a better dividend stock? Hilltop pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Live Oak Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Hilltop pays out 41.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Live Oak Bancshares pays out 7.5% 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. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HTH or LOB? Live Oak Bancshares received 22 more outperform votes than Hilltop when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.19% of users gave Live Oak Bancshares an outperform vote while only 53.06% of users gave Hilltop an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformHilltopOutperform Votes24353.06% Underperform Votes21546.94% Live Oak BancsharesOutperform Votes26554.19% Underperform Votes22445.81% Which has better valuation and earnings, HTH or LOB? Hilltop has higher revenue and earnings than Live Oak Bancshares. Hilltop is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Live Oak Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioHilltop$1.57B1.33$109.65M$1.6319.62Live Oak Bancshares$800.01M2.70$73.90M$1.5930.12 Does the media refer more to HTH or LOB? In the previous week, Live Oak Bancshares had 5 more articles in the media than Hilltop. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Live Oak Bancshares and 2 mentions for Hilltop. Hilltop's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Live Oak Bancshares' score of 0.25 indicating that Hilltop is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Hilltop 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Live Oak Bancshares 3 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Which has more risk and volatility, HTH or LOB? Hilltop has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Live Oak Bancshares has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryLive Oak Bancshares beats Hilltop on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Insiders ExposedHas Trump Finally Gone Too Far?Lately, there's been a lot of buzz around a secret loophole executive insiders are using to make millions buying and selling their own stocks. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart LOB vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricLive Oak BancsharesState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$2.16B$3.03B$11.18B$8.74BDividend Yield0.25%3.50%5.95%4.08%P/E Ratio30.1217.1825.8113.00Price / Sales2.702.4844.5888.72Price / Cash22.4511.1518.6135.27Price / Book2.141.263.725.92Net Income$73.90M$405.86M$998.34M$225.73M7 Day Performance2.97%0.77%-0.06%-1.34%1 Month Performance-4.60%5.89%1.87%1.15%1 Year Performance41.06%34.90%24.83%24.02% Live Oak Bancshares Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LOBLive Oak Bancshares2.8702 of 5 stars$47.89-1.4%$45.50-5.0%+45.8%$2.16B$800.01M30.12987Insider SellingHTHHilltop4.4778 of 5 stars$33.34+1.3%N/A+4.7%$2.17B$1.57B20.453,820Short Interest ↓IBKCIBERIABANKN/A$43.08flatN/A+0.0%$2.27B$1.54B7.453,373Gap UpHigh Trading VolumeRNSTRenasant2.0532 of 5 stars$37.64+0.6%N/A+31.0%$2.39B$910.39M12.262,300Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst DowngradeNews CoverageBANRBanner2.8156 of 5 stars$75.65+1.5%N/A+62.2%$2.61B$594.20M15.831,966Short Interest ↓FBKFB Financial4.4859 of 5 stars$57.99+1.6%N/A+65.3%$2.71B$441.62M25.321,591Insider BuyingShort Interest ↓WFWoori Financial Group4.1006 of 5 stars$34.21+0.5%N/A+15.3%$8.47B$17.78B4.39150News CoverageCADECadence Bank3.4622 of 5 stars$39.18+1.2%N/A+52.2%$7.14B$2.19B11.265,333Gap UpUPSTUpstart3.7803 of 5 stars$71.43+2.9%N/A+181.7%$6.52B$513.56M-37.011,388Insider SellingOMFOneMain4.9202 of 5 stars$54.49+0.7%N/A+45.1%$6.50B$4.56B11.929,100Ex-DividendAnalyst ForecastInsider SellingCOOPMr. Cooper Group4.2557 of 5 stars$99.83-1.4%N/A+68.6%$6.39B$1.79B12.906,800Insider SellingOptions Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies HTH Alternatives IBKC Alternatives RNST Alternatives BANR Alternatives FBK Alternatives WF Alternatives CADE Alternatives UPST Alternatives OMF Alternatives COOP Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:LOB) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersBill Gates’s Next Big AI Bet: StargateIn February 2016… when almost nobody was talking about artificial intelligence…. 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