First of Long Island (FLIC) Competitors

Peoples Bancorp (NASDAQ:PEBO) and First of Long Island (NASDAQ:FLIC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility & risk, PEBO or FLIC?

Peoples Bancorp has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First of Long Island has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PEBO or FLIC?

Peoples Bancorp received 66 more outperform votes than First of Long Island when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.99% of users gave Peoples Bancorp an outperform vote while only 49.64% of users gave First of Long Island an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Peoples Bancorp	Outperform Votes 271 55.99%	Underperform Votes 213 44.01%
First of Long Island	Outperform Votes 205 49.64%	Underperform Votes 208 50.36%

Is PEBO or FLIC a better dividend stock?

Peoples Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. First of Long Island pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Peoples Bancorp pays out 45.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First of Long Island pays out 95.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PEBO or FLIC?

60.7% of Peoples Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.3% of First of Long Island shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Peoples Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of First of Long Island shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PEBO or FLIC more profitable?

Peoples Bancorp has a net margin of 20.16% compared to First of Long Island's net margin of 11.15%. Peoples Bancorp's return on equity of 11.84% beat First of Long Island's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Peoples Bancorp	20.16%	11.84%	1.39%
First of Long Island	11.15%	5.49%	0.49%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, PEBO or FLIC?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Peoples Bancorp	$442.41M	2.59	$113.36M	$3.51	9.19
First of Long Island	$86.16M	3.24	$26.24M	$0.88	14.09

Do analysts rate PEBO or FLIC?

Peoples Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $34.25, suggesting a potential upside of 6.23%. First of Long Island has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.84%. Given Peoples Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Peoples Bancorp is more favorable than First of Long Island.

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
First of Long Island	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer PEBO or FLIC?

In the previous week, Peoples Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than First of Long Island. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Peoples Bancorp and 2 mentions for First of Long Island. Peoples Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat First of Long Island's score of 0.68 indicating that Peoples Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Peoples Bancorp	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
First of Long Island	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Peoples Bancorp beats First of Long Island on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.