Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (PEBK) Competitors $27.86 -0.85 (-2.96%) Closing price 08/1/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$27.84 -0.02 (-0.09%) As of 08/1/2025 04:11 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock PEBK vs. LDI, SMBK, CBNK, BITF, MPB, ALRS, SHBI, QD, BCAL, and UNTYShould you be buying Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina include loanDepot (LDI), SmartFinancial (SMBK), Capital Bancorp (CBNK), Bitfarms (BITF), Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), Alerus Financial (ALRS), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), Qudian (QD), California BanCorp (BCAL), and Unity Bancorp (UNTY). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina vs. Its Competitors loanDepot SmartFinancial Capital Bancorp Bitfarms Mid Penn Bancorp Alerus Financial Shore Bancshares Qudian California BanCorp Unity Bancorp loanDepot (NYSE:LDI) and Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (NASDAQ:PEBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations. Which has higher valuation & earnings, LDI or PEBK? Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina has lower revenue, but higher earnings than loanDepot. loanDepot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioloanDepot$1.06B0.52-$98.33M-$0.45-3.72Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina$108.45M1.40$16.35M$3.118.96 Is LDI or PEBK more profitable? Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina has a net margin of 15.49% compared to loanDepot's net margin of -7.74%. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's return on equity of 12.60% beat loanDepot's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets loanDepot-7.74% -18.41% -1.57% Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina 15.49%12.60%1.02% Do analysts prefer LDI or PEBK? loanDepot presently has a consensus price target of $2.05, suggesting a potential upside of 22.39%. Given loanDepot's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe loanDepot is more favorable than Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score loanDepot 1 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.50Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in LDI or PEBK? 39.4% of loanDepot shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.8% of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina shares are owned by institutional investors. 78.1% of loanDepot shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more risk & volatility, LDI or PEBK? loanDepot has a beta of 3.35, indicating that its share price is 235% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media refer more to LDI or PEBK? In the previous week, loanDepot had 1 more articles in the media than Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for loanDepot and 4 mentions for Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat loanDepot's score of 0.45 indicating that Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment loanDepot 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryPeoples Bancorp of North Carolina beats loanDepot on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PEBK and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PEBK and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart PEBK vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPeoples Bancorp of North CarolinaBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$156.74M$1.89B$12.04B$9.51BDividend Yield2.79%2.66%5.62%4.09%P/E Ratio8.9611.5119.7423.80Price / Sales1.402.4925.9266.58Price / Cash8.1412.1921.3357.96Price / Book1.161.142.095.55Net Income$16.35M$154.64M$1.00B$259.03M7 Day Performance-4.82%-3.55%-2.46%-4.59%1 Month Performance-7.10%-2.56%-0.96%4.46%1 Year Performance-7.78%14.65%537.06%18.03% Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PEBKPeoples Bancorp of North Carolina2.4922 of 5 stars$27.86-3.0%N/A-9.7%$156.74M$108.45M8.96310News CoverageHigh Trading VolumeLDIloanDepot1.3599 of 5 stars$1.94+3.3%$2.05+5.6%-14.1%$620.23M$1.06B-4.324,900News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming EarningsHigh Trading VolumeSMBKSmartFinancial2.9604 of 5 stars$36.14-0.4%$33.70-6.8%+19.5%$617.24M$178.24M16.89550CBNKCapital Bancorp4.5168 of 5 stars$35.46+1.1%$34.50-2.7%+23.6%$584.15M$244.71M14.30270News CoverageEarnings ReportDividend IncreaseAnalyst ForecastBITFBitfarms2.1942 of 5 stars$1.13+8.7%$3.95+249.6%-52.8%$579.85M$192.88M-5.95110Gap DownMPBMid Penn Bancorp4.5771 of 5 stars$28.940.0%$36.00+24.4%-3.5%$560.35M$309.08M10.05620ALRSAlerus Financial4.9321 of 5 stars$22.03-0.1%$23.00+4.4%-4.9%$559.57M$336.51M18.06840Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionSHBIShore Bancshares4.3369 of 5 stars$16.59-0.7%$20.00+20.6%+10.4%$557.35M$207.03M11.13450News CoverageQDQudian2.7769 of 5 stars$3.35+4.9%N/A+122.5%$538.12M$29.65M13.94940News CoverageGap DownBCALCalifornia BanCorp3.0385 of 5 stars$16.37+0.1%$19.50+19.1%-7.1%$530.28M$184.56M36.38204News CoverageAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionUNTYUnity Bancorp4.3531 of 5 stars$53.22+1.1%$56.50+6.2%+40.3%$527.84M$164.21M10.77230Upcoming Earnings Related Companies and Tools Related Companies loanDepot Competitors SmartFinancial Competitors Capital Bancorp Competitors Bitfarms Competitors Mid Penn Bancorp Competitors Alerus Financial Competitors Shore Bancshares Competitors Qudian Competitors California BanCorp Competitors Unity Bancorp Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:PEBK) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon’s BIGGEST warning yet?Tesla's About to Prove Everyone Wrong... 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