PBFS vs. CCB, FBMS, OBK, SII, FSUN, AMAL, OBNK, LX, BFC, and ML
Should you be buying Pioneer Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pioneer Bancorp include Coastal Financial (CCB), First Bancshares (FBMS), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Sprott (SII), Firstsun Capital Bancorp (FSUN), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), Origin Bancorp (OBNK), LexinFintech (LX), Bank First (BFC), and MoneyLion (ML). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Pioneer Bancorp vs.
Pioneer Bancorp (NASDAQ:PBFS) and Coastal Financial (NASDAQ:CCB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Coastal Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Pioneer Bancorp. Pioneer Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coastal Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
59.2% of Coastal Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Pioneer Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Coastal Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Coastal Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Pioneer Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Coastal Financial and 1 mentions for Pioneer Bancorp. Coastal Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Pioneer Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Coastal Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pioneer Bancorp has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coastal Financial has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Pioneer Bancorp has a net margin of 16.59% compared to Coastal Financial's net margin of 5.98%. Coastal Financial's return on equity of 13.86% beat Pioneer Bancorp's return on equity.
Pioneer Bancorp received 1 more outperform votes than Coastal Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.64% of users gave Coastal Financial an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave Pioneer Bancorp an outperform vote.
Coastal Financial has a consensus price target of $81.67, suggesting a potential downside of 3.03%. Given Coastal Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Coastal Financial is more favorable than Pioneer Bancorp.
Summary
Coastal Financial beats Pioneer Bancorp on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PBFS) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
