LSBK vs. PDLB, WSBF, SBT, WNEB, BVFL, BCBP, FSFG, CZWI, SFBC, and FGBI
Should you be buying Lake Shore Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lake Shore Bancorp include Ponce Financial Group (PDLB), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), Sterling Bancorp (SBT), Western New England Bancorp (WNEB), BV Financial (BVFL), BCB Bancorp (BCBP), First Savings Financial Group (FSFG), Citizens Community Bancorp (CZWI), Sound Financial Bancorp (SFBC), and First Guaranty Bancshares (FGBI). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
Lake Shore Bancorp vs.
Lake Shore Bancorp (NASDAQ:LSBK) and Ponce Financial Group (NASDAQ:PDLB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and profitability.
Ponce Financial Group received 3 more outperform votes than Lake Shore Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.34% of users gave Lake Shore Bancorp an outperform vote while only 53.42% of users gave Ponce Financial Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Ponce Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Lake Shore Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Ponce Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lake Shore Bancorp has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ponce Financial Group has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ponce Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Lake Shore Bancorp. Lake Shore Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ponce Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lake Shore Bancorp has a net margin of 12.94% compared to Ponce Financial Group's net margin of 6.46%. Lake Shore Bancorp's return on equity of 5.62% beat Ponce Financial Group's return on equity.
8.8% of Lake Shore Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of Ponce Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Lake Shore Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Ponce Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Ponce Financial Group beats Lake Shore Bancorp on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LSBK) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
