PCB Bancorp (PCB) Competitors

Sprott (NYSE:SII) and PCB Bancorp (NASDAQ:PCB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of SII or PCB?

28.3% of Sprott shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.0% of PCB Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of Sprott shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.0% of PCB Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, SII or PCB?

Sprott has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PCB Bancorp has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SII or PCB?

Sprott has higher revenue and earnings than PCB Bancorp. PCB Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sprott, 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
Sprott	$169.02M	6.61	$41.80M	$1.82	23.77
PCB Bancorp	$99.71M	2.75	$25.81M	$1.74	11.06

Is SII or PCB more profitable?

Sprott has a net margin of 27.38% compared to PCB Bancorp's net margin of 13.45%. Sprott's return on equity of 15.02% beat PCB Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sprott	27.38%	15.02%	11.91%
PCB Bancorp	13.45%	9.02%	0.90%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SII or PCB?

PCB Bancorp received 1 more outperform votes than Sprott when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 42.86% of users gave PCB Bancorp an outperform vote while only 39.29% of users gave Sprott an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sprott	Outperform Votes 11 39.29%	Underperform Votes 17 60.71%
PCB Bancorp	Outperform Votes 12 42.86%	Underperform Votes 16 57.14%

Does the media favor SII or PCB?

In the previous week, Sprott had 2 more articles in the media than PCB Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Sprott and 2 mentions for PCB Bancorp. Sprott's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat PCB Bancorp's score of 1.42 indicating that Sprott is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sprott	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PCB Bancorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer SII or PCB?

PCB Bancorp has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.29%. Given PCB Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PCB Bancorp is more favorable than Sprott.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sprott	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
PCB Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is SII or PCB a better dividend stock?

Sprott pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. PCB Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Sprott pays out 65.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PCB Bancorp pays out 46.0% 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. PCB Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Sprott beats PCB Bancorp on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.