LCNB Corporation LCNB

Competitive advantage analysis · financial-services

Bank Specialized
Overall moat score
48/100
Developing

About LCNB Corporation

LCNB Corp. operates as the financial holding company for LCNB National Bank that provides banking services in the United States. The company offers checking and savings accounts; interest-bearing demand and money market deposit; and time certificates. It also provides commercial and industrial, commercial and residential real estate, agricultural, construction, various types of consumer, and small business administration loans; residential mortgage … Full LCNB analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Diversified Revenue Streams Revenue diversification is evident (growth stability 0.71).

Key risks

  • Weak Deposit Franchise Deposit franchise appears weak (profitability score 0.38).
  • Weak Net Interest Margin Net interest margin proxy is weak (score 0.37).

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Deposit Franchise

Developing
46

Where LCNB ranks in Banks - Regional

LCNB Corporation ranks #207 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional by moat score — the top 53%. The widest moat in the group is 1st Source Corporation (SRCE) at 86/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near LCNB in Banks - Regional
# Company Moat score Rating
203 Enterprise Bancorp Inc EBTC 49/100 Developing
204 LINKBANCORP, Inc. LNKB 48/100 Developing
205 First US Bancshares, Inc. FUSB 48/100 Developing
206 United Security Bancshares UBFO 48/100 Developing
207 LCNB Corporation LCNB 48/100 Developing
208 CNB Financial Corporation CCNE 48/100 Developing
209 CNB Financial Corporation - Dep CCNEP 48/100 Developing
210 Financial Institutions, Inc. FISI 48/100 Developing
211 Pinnacle Financial Partners, In PNFPP 48/100 Developing

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How LCNB scores on the Bank Specialized defenses

Deposit Franchise

Score 46 · 22% of the moat score

A deposit franchise is the cheapest and most valuable thing a bank can own.

Lending Advantage

Score 42 · 18% of the moat score

Lending advantage is the ability to originate loans at attractive spreads without buying that volume with looser credit standards.

Capital Strength

Score 45 · 20% of the moat score

Capital is the buffer between loan losses and insolvency, and it is what regulators judge a bank on first.

Cost Discipline

Score 38 · 16% of the moat score

Banking carries high fixed costs in branches, compliance and technology, so what it costs to run the bank relative to what the bank earns is a genuine competitive variable.

Revenue Diversification

Score 72 · 14% of the moat score

A bank earning everything from net interest income is a leveraged bet on the rate cycle.

Risk Management

Score 51 · 10% of the moat score

Risk management is the defense that only reveals itself late.

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Understanding LCNB's moat

What is LCNB Corporation's moat score?

LCNB Corporation (LCNB) scores 48 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #207 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional, the top 53%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 399 companies in Banks - Regional. Its strongest defense is Revenue Diversification (72/100) and its weakest is Cost Discipline (38/100).

How does LCNB Corporation compare with other Banks - Regional companies?

LCNB Corporation ranks #207 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional by moat score. The widest moat in Banks - Regional is 1st Source Corporation (SRCE) at 86/100. The companies ranked closest are United Security Bancshares (UBFO) at 48 just above it and CNB Financial Corporation (CCNE) at 48 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Bank Specialized in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 399 companies in Banks - Regional. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is LCNB Corporation scored with the Bank Specialized template?

A bank does not sell a product at a margin. It funds itself, lends at a spread, and books profits that remain an estimate until the loans are actually repaid. That makes the usual margin-and-return questions misleading, so the Bank template scores what really determines a bank's durability: where its funding comes from, what it lends against, how much capital stands behind it, and whether it has been pricing risk honestly.

Which competitive defenses are measured for LCNB Corporation?

The Bank Specialized template measures 6 defenses, and LCNB scores: Deposit Franchise (46), Lending Advantage (42), Capital Strength (45), Cost Discipline (38), Revenue Diversification (72), Risk Management (51). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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