Signature Bank (SBNY) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SBNY or LCNB?

11.1% of Signature Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.7% of LCNB shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Signature Bank shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of LCNB shares are held 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, SBNY or LCNB?

Signature Bank has a beta of 10.04, suggesting that its stock price is 904% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LCNB has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend SBNY or LCNB?

LCNB has a consensus target price of $16.25, suggesting a potential upside of 15.45%. Given LCNB's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe LCNB is more favorable than Signature Bank.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Signature Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
LCNB	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer SBNY or LCNB?

In the previous week, LCNB had 2 more articles in the media than Signature Bank. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for LCNB and 1 mentions for Signature Bank. LCNB's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Signature Bank's score of 0.00 indicating that LCNB is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Signature Bank	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
LCNB	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SBNY or LCNB more profitable?

LCNB has a net margin of 10.76% compared to Signature Bank's net margin of 0.00%. LCNB's return on equity of 7.12% beat Signature Bank's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Signature Bank	N/A	N/A	N/A
LCNB	10.76%	7.12%	0.74%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, SBNY or LCNB?

Signature Bank has higher revenue and earnings than LCNB.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Signature Bank	$2.70B	0.02	$1.34B	N/A	N/A
LCNB	$81.20M	2.45	$13.49M	$0.97	14.51

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SBNY or LCNB?

LCNB received 241 more outperform votes than Signature Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.07% of users gave LCNB an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Signature Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Signature Bank	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 81 100.00%
LCNB	Outperform Votes 241 58.07%	Underperform Votes 174 41.93%

Is SBNY or LCNB a better dividend stock?

Signature Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 93.3%. LCNB pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. LCNB pays out 90.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

LCNB beats Signature Bank on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.