PDLB vs. OBK, OBNK, CCB, FSUN, FBMS, SII, AMAL, PFC, CNOB, and BFC
Should you be buying Ponce Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ponce Financial Group include Origin Bancorp (OBK), Origin Bancorp (OBNK), Coastal Financial (CCB), Firstsun Capital Bancorp (FSUN), First Bancshares (FBMS), Sprott (SII), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), Premier Financial (PFC), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), and Bank First (BFC). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Ponce Financial Group vs.
Origin Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBK) and Ponce Financial Group (NASDAQ:PDLB) 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, risk, earnings, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Origin Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Ponce Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Origin Bancorp and 1 mentions for Ponce Financial Group. Ponce Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Origin Bancorp's score of 0.33 indicating that Ponce Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Origin Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $43.40, suggesting a potential upside of 13.09%. Given Origin Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Origin Bancorp is more favorable than Ponce Financial Group.
Origin Bancorp has a net margin of 12.34% compared to Ponce Financial Group's net margin of 6.46%. Origin Bancorp's return on equity of 6.91% beat Ponce Financial Group's return on equity.
Ponce Financial Group received 71 more outperform votes than Origin Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.95% of users gave Origin Bancorp an outperform vote while only 53.42% of users gave Ponce Financial Group an outperform vote.
Origin Bancorp has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Ponce Financial Group has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Origin Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Ponce Financial Group. Origin Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ponce Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
54.7% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of Ponce Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Ponce Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Origin Bancorp beats Ponce Financial Group on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PDLB) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
