PCB vs. SBSI, AMAL, FMBH, CTBI, CNOB, PFC, CFB, UVSP, OSBC, and FCBC
Should you be buying PCB Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PCB Bancorp include Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Premier Financial (PFC), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), Univest Financial (UVSP), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), and First Community Bankshares (FCBC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Southside Bancshares (NASDAQ:SBSI) and PCB Bancorp (NASDAQ:PCB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
In the previous week, PCB Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Southside Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for PCB Bancorp and 4 mentions for Southside Bancshares. Southside Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat PCB Bancorp's score of 0.28 indicating that PCB Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Southside Bancshares has a net margin of 19.79% compared to Southside Bancshares' net margin of 14.69%. PCB Bancorp's return on equity of 10.80% beat Southside Bancshares' return on equity.
Southside Bancshares presently has a consensus price target of $32.67, suggesting a potential upside of 21.85%. PCB Bancorp has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.70%. Given PCB Bancorp's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Southside Bancshares is more favorable than PCB Bancorp.
55.7% of Southside Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.0% of PCB Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Southside Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.0% of PCB Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Southside Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. PCB Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Southside Bancshares pays out 53.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PCB Bancorp pays out 41.1% 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. Southside Bancshares has increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years and PCB Bancorp has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Southside Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Southside Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than PCB Bancorp. PCB Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southside Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Southside Bancshares has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PCB Bancorp has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Southside Bancshares received 161 more outperform votes than PCB Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 48.00% of users gave PCB Bancorp an outperform vote while only 42.82% of users gave Southside Bancshares an outperform vote.
Summary
Southside Bancshares beats PCB Bancorp on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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