RBCAA vs. PEBO, GABC, PFBC, STBA, LBAI, SBSI, TCBK, SRCE, CTBI, and FBNC
Should you be buying Republic Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Republic Bancorp include Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), German American Bancorp (GABC), Preferred Bank (PFBC), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), 1st Source (SRCE), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), and First Bancorp (FBNC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Peoples Bancorp (NASDAQ:PEBO) and Republic Bancorp (NASDAQ:RBCAA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
Peoples Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Republic Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Peoples Bancorp pays out 47.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Republic Bancorp pays out 34.2% 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. Peoples Bancorp has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years and Republic Bancorp has raised its dividend for 26 consecutive years.
Peoples Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Republic Bancorp. Peoples Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Republic Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Peoples Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $33.40, indicating a potential upside of 9.51%. Given Republic Bancorp's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Peoples Bancorp is more favorable than Republic Bancorp.
In the previous week, Republic Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than Peoples Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Republic Bancorp and 0 mentions for Peoples Bancorp. Peoples Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Republic Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Republic Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Peoples Bancorp has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Republic Bancorp has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Peoples Bancorp received 103 more outperform votes than Republic Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.64% of users gave Republic Bancorp an outperform vote while only 55.93% of users gave Peoples Bancorp an outperform vote.
Republic Bancorp has a net margin of 20.27% compared to Republic Bancorp's net margin of 20.17%. Republic Bancorp's return on equity of 12.78% beat Peoples Bancorp's return on equity.
60.7% of Peoples Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of Republic Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Peoples Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.5% of Republic Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Republic Bancorp beats Peoples Bancorp on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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