COFS vs. PWP, SII, PGY, MBIN, CLBK, CCB, TFIN, VBTX, CMPO, and LOB
Should you be buying ChoiceOne Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ChoiceOne Financial Services include Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Sprott (SII), Pagaya Technologies (PGY), Merchants Bancorp (MBIN), Columbia Financial (CLBK), Coastal Financial (CCB), Triumph Financial (TFIN), Veritex (VBTX), CompoSecure (CMPO), and Live Oak Bancshares (LOB). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
ChoiceOne Financial Services vs. Its Competitors
ChoiceOne Financial Services (NASDAQ:COFS) and Perella Weinberg Partners (NASDAQ:PWP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
ChoiceOne Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Perella Weinberg Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. ChoiceOne Financial Services pays out 91.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Perella Weinberg Partners pays out -65.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ChoiceOne Financial Services has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. ChoiceOne Financial Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
ChoiceOne Financial Services has a net margin of 4.74% compared to Perella Weinberg Partners' net margin of -1.17%. ChoiceOne Financial Services' return on equity of 10.93% beat Perella Weinberg Partners' return on equity.
ChoiceOne Financial Services has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perella Weinberg Partners has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
19.9% of ChoiceOne Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.1% of Perella Weinberg Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of ChoiceOne Financial Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 31.8% of Perella Weinberg Partners shares are owned by 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.
ChoiceOne Financial Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Perella Weinberg Partners. Perella Weinberg Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ChoiceOne Financial Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ChoiceOne Financial Services currently has a consensus target price of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.72%. Perella Weinberg Partners has a consensus target price of $23.33, suggesting a potential upside of 21.25%. Given ChoiceOne Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ChoiceOne Financial Services is more favorable than Perella Weinberg Partners.
In the previous week, Perella Weinberg Partners had 8 more articles in the media than ChoiceOne Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Perella Weinberg Partners and 2 mentions for ChoiceOne Financial Services. ChoiceOne Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Perella Weinberg Partners' score of 0.52 indicating that ChoiceOne Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
ChoiceOne Financial Services beats Perella Weinberg Partners on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:COFS) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
