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$19.05 -0.19 (-0.97%)
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CZNC vs. PEBO, CTBI, SBSI, UVSP, HFWA, CPF, FCBC, EGBN, MBWM, and GSBC

Should you be buying Citizens & Northern stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Citizens & Northern include Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Univest Financial (UVSP), Heritage Financial (HFWA), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), and Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Citizens & Northern vs.

Peoples Bancorp (NASDAQ:PEBO) and Citizens & Northern (NASDAQ:CZNC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking and profitability.

In the previous week, Peoples Bancorp had 14 more articles in the media than Citizens & Northern. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Peoples Bancorp and 1 mentions for Citizens & Northern. Citizens & Northern's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Peoples Bancorp's score of 0.49 indicating that Citizens & Northern is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Peoples Bancorp
1 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Citizens & Northern
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

60.7% of Peoples Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of Citizens & Northern shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Peoples Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Citizens & Northern shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Peoples Bancorp has a net margin of 20.16% compared to Citizens & Northern's net margin of 14.47%. Peoples Bancorp's return on equity of 11.84% beat Citizens & Northern's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Peoples Bancorp20.16% 11.84% 1.39%
Citizens & Northern 14.47%8.28%0.86%

Peoples Bancorp has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citizens & Northern has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Peoples Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Citizens & Northern pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Peoples Bancorp pays out 45.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Citizens & Northern pays out 77.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Peoples Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Citizens & Northern. Peoples Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Citizens & Northern, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Peoples Bancorp$526.82M2.13$113.36M$3.519.01
Citizens & Northern$103.80M2.83$24.15M$1.4413.23

Peoples Bancorp received 113 more outperform votes than Citizens & Northern when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.08% of users gave Peoples Bancorp an outperform vote while only 52.13% of users gave Citizens & Northern an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Peoples BancorpOutperform Votes
272
56.08%
Underperform Votes
213
43.92%
Citizens & NorthernOutperform Votes
159
52.13%
Underperform Votes
146
47.87%

Peoples Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $34.25, indicating a potential upside of 8.32%. Given Peoples Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Peoples Bancorp is more favorable than Citizens & Northern.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Peoples Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Citizens & Northern
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

Peoples Bancorp beats Citizens & Northern on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CZNC vs. The Competition

MetricCitizens & NorthernState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$293.70M$3.22B$11.72B$9.25B
Dividend Yield5.89%3.61%5.96%3.99%
P/E Ratio13.2316.9824.7817.58
Price / Sales2.832.4527.9778.99
Price / Cash10.3410.5118.0136.96
Price / Book1.111.282.654.70
Net Income$24.15M$418.69M$1.07B$224.57M
7 Day Performance0.23%0.95%1.07%1.76%
1 Month Performance2.83%0.22%1.25%5.37%
1 Year Performance-5.39%15.21%15.71%21.59%

Citizens & Northern Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CZNC
Citizens & Northern
3.4765 of 5 stars
$19.05
-1.0%
N/A-5.8%$293.70M$103.80M13.23410
PEBO
Peoples Bancorp
2.6344 of 5 stars
$30.16
+0.1%
$34.25
+13.6%
-0.9%$1.07B$442.41M8.591,270Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
3.4406 of 5 stars
$50.80
+2.2%
$57.67
+13.5%
+33.0%$917.35M$239.57M11.55980Earnings Report
Positive News
SBSI
Southside Bancshares
3.2742 of 5 stars
$30.10
+0.4%
$37.00
+22.9%
+5.2%$912.27M$248.79M10.87810Upcoming Earnings
UVSP
Univest Financial
2.0467 of 5 stars
$28.11
+1.6%
$28.00
-0.4%
+48.7%$816.40M$293.80M11.29970News Coverage
HFWA
Heritage Financial
3.0968 of 5 stars
$23.24
+0.7%
$25.00
+7.6%
+20.5%$793.74M$210.51M21.52830Upcoming Earnings
CPF
Central Pacific Financial
4.3429 of 5 stars
$26.60
+0.4%
$24.00
-9.8%
+50.4%$719.93M$248.92M12.67780Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
FCBC
First Community Bankshares
3.7374 of 5 stars
$38.86
+0.4%
$38.00
-2.2%
+18.8%$710.79M$157.12M13.93630Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
EGBN
Eagle Bancorp
3.3242 of 5 stars
$23.32
-0.4%
$29.50
+26.5%
-8.0%$704.31M$309.65M-16.66500
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
3.2211 of 5 stars
$42.15
+1.1%
$54.50
+29.3%
+19.7%$680.39M$229.89M8.46670Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
GSBC
Great Southern Bancorp
2.6145 of 5 stars
$57.84
+1.3%
$52.00
-10.1%
+9.9%$675.28M$214.95M11.341,100Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CZNC) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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