Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (PEBK) Competitors $31.69 +0.35 (+1.12%) (As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends PEBK vs. LDI, LPRO, VEL, ESQ, SPFI, OPFI, FFWM, SMBK, SHBI, and MSBIShould 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), Open Lending (LPRO), Velocity Financial (VEL), Esquire Financial (ESQ), South Plains Financial (SPFI), OppFi (OPFI), First Foundation (FFWM), SmartFinancial (SMBK), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), and Midland States Bancorp (MSBI). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina vs. loanDepot Open Lending Velocity Financial Esquire Financial South Plains Financial OppFi First Foundation SmartFinancial Shore Bancshares Midland States Bancorp loanDepot (NYSE:LDI) and Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (NASDAQ:PEBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking. 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. 83.0% of loanDepot shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina shares are owned by 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. Does the media favor LDI or PEBK? In the previous week, loanDepot had 10 more articles in the media than Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for loanDepot and 0 mentions for Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat loanDepot's score of 0.63 indicating that Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment loanDepot Positive Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina Positive Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LDI or PEBK? Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina received 124 more outperform votes than loanDepot when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.23% of users gave Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina an outperform vote while only 35.80% of users gave loanDepot an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformloanDepotOutperform Votes2935.80% Underperform Votes5264.20% Peoples Bancorp of North CarolinaOutperform Votes15366.23% Underperform Votes7833.77% Do analysts prefer LDI or PEBK? loanDepot presently has a consensus price target of $2.60, suggesting a potential upside of 34.02%. Given loanDepot's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research 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) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.67Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Is LDI or PEBK a better dividend stock? loanDepot pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 247.4%. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. loanDepot pays out -923.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina pays out 25.8% 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. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. loanDepot is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Which has more volatility and risk, LDI or PEBK? loanDepot has a beta of 3.42, suggesting that its share price is 242% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has preferable earnings and valuation, 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$747.53M0.85-$110.14M-$0.52-3.73Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina$70.22M2.46$15.55M$2.9510.74 Is LDI or PEBK more profitable? Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina has a net margin of 15.27% compared to loanDepot's net margin of -8.95%. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's return on equity of 12.92% beat loanDepot's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets loanDepot-8.95% -14.66% -1.49% Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina 15.27%12.92%0.98% SummaryPeoples Bancorp of North Carolina beats loanDepot on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Porter & CompanyI was wrong. Dead wrong. I thought what happened 25 years ago was a once- in-a-lifetime event… but how wrong I was. Because here we are, a quarter of a century later, almost to the exact day, and it’s happening again. Here’s the full story for you. 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 {thisCompany.Symbol} 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 CarolinaState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$172.96M$3.10B$11.30B$9.08BDividend Yield2.42%3.57%5.65%4.23%P/E Ratio10.7416.5626.7017.16Price / Sales2.463.2935.06117.04Price / Cash9.5011.2818.7337.86Price / Book1.451.262.614.78Net Income$15.55M$406.76M$1.04B$225.60M7 Day Performance-1.00%-4.75%-2.91%-1.23%1 Month Performance0.70%-6.20%-3.48%0.46%1 Year Performance4.97%13.37%10.96%15.24% Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PEBKPeoples Bancorp of North Carolina3.5491 of 5 stars$31.69+1.1%N/A+6.3%$172.96M$70.22M10.74310Positive NewsLDIloanDepot3.4041 of 5 stars$2.12+2.4%$2.60+22.6%-40.9%$693.24M$747.53M-3.984,250LPROOpen Lending2.4645 of 5 stars$5.76+0.7%$6.83+18.6%-29.7%$687.46M$95.89M190.67210News CoverageGap DownVELVelocity Financial1.2178 of 5 stars$20.71+1.0%$21.50+3.8%+23.7%$685.81M$195.70M11.09220News CoverageESQEsquire Financial2.2654 of 5 stars$78.85+2.2%$71.67-9.1%+59.9%$656.11M$120.71M15.53110Insider TradeNews CoveragePositive NewsSPFISouth Plains Financial3.2878 of 5 stars$39.11+1.2%$36.00-8.0%+21.5%$641.01M$291.26M15.04680Positive NewsOPFIOppFi0.8587 of 5 stars$7.41+1.0%$7.50+1.2%+65.8%$638.85M$523.16M45.88570News CoverageFFWMFirst Foundation3.4174 of 5 stars$7.34+0.5%$7.80+6.3%-32.1%$604.56M$46.26M-6.53563Analyst RevisionSMBKSmartFinancial2.1723 of 5 stars$34.19+0.6%$29.50-13.7%+26.2%$578.70M$163.79M17.54550SHBIShore Bancshares2.7183 of 5 stars$17.13+1.1%$20.00+16.8%+14.5%$570.89M$197.90M13.59610MSBIMidland States Bancorp4.6938 of 5 stars$26.48+0.1%$27.33+3.2%-10.7%$566.67M$470.89M11.45970Analyst RevisionNews CoveragePositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies loanDepot Competitors Open Lending Competitors Velocity Financial Competitors Esquire Financial Competitors South Plains Financial Competitors OppFi Competitors First Foundation Competitors SmartFinancial Competitors Shore Bancshares Competitors Midland States Bancorp Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:PEBK) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhy Buffett, Griffin and 100 members of Congress are Piling into this One InvestmentThis isn't just another investment. 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