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Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (PEBK) Competitors

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$25.65
-0.10 (-0.39%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

PEBK vs. EBMT, CBFV, SBFG, AUBN, ICBK, ESQ, ATLC, HONE, MPB, and MSBI

Should you be buying Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina include Eagle Bancorp Montana (EBMT), CB Financial Services (CBFV), SB Financial Group (SBFG), Auburn National Bancorporation (AUBN), County Bancorp (ICBK), Esquire Financial (ESQ), Atlanticus (ATLC), HarborOne Bancorp (HONE), Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), and Midland States Bancorp (MSBI).

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina vs.

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (NASDAQ:PEBK) and Eagle Bancorp Montana (NASDAQ:EBMT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and community ranking.

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Eagle Bancorp Montana. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eagle Bancorp Montana, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina$71.29M1.96$15.55M$2.958.69
Eagle Bancorp Montana$114.34M1.14$10.06M$1.0815.08

Eagle Bancorp Montana has a consensus target price of $13.50, suggesting a potential downside of 17.13%. Given Eagle Bancorp Montana's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Eagle Bancorp Montana is more favorable than Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Eagle Bancorp Montana
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Eagle Bancorp Montana pays an annual dividend of $0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina pays out 25.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eagle Bancorp Montana pays out 52.8% 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 and Eagle Bancorp Montana has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Eagle Bancorp Montana is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eagle Bancorp Montana has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Eagle Bancorp Montana received 9 more outperform votes than Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.23% of users gave Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina an outperform vote while only 43.32% of users gave Eagle Bancorp Montana an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Peoples Bancorp of North CarolinaOutperform Votes
153
66.23%
Underperform Votes
78
33.77%
Eagle Bancorp MontanaOutperform Votes
162
43.32%
Underperform Votes
212
56.68%

43.8% of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.7% of Eagle Bancorp Montana shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.9% of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Eagle Bancorp Montana shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Eagle Bancorp Montana had 8 more articles in the media than Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Eagle Bancorp Montana and 7 mentions for Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina. Eagle Bancorp Montana's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's score of 0.29 indicating that Eagle Bancorp Montana is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Eagle Bancorp Montana
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina has a net margin of 15.27% compared to Eagle Bancorp Montana's net margin of 7.03%. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's return on equity of 13.29% beat Eagle Bancorp Montana's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina15.27% 13.29% 0.98%
Eagle Bancorp Montana 7.03%5.02%0.41%

Summary

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina beats Eagle Bancorp Montana on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PEBK vs. The Competition

MetricPeoples Bancorp of North CarolinaState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$140.00M$3.04B$10.47B$8.53B
Dividend Yield2.92%3.71%10.20%4.14%
P/E Ratio8.6916.1243.2515.18
Price / Sales1.962.503,256.7692.77
Price / Cash7.7210.2530.0334.07
Price / Book1.171.193.975.02
Net Income$15.55M$405.86M$992.99M$225.46M
7 Day Performance0.98%0.65%-0.35%0.37%
1 Month Performance5.56%4.29%0.25%3.57%
1 Year Performance9.34%31.98%22.81%29.44%

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PEBK
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina
3.5585 of 5 stars
$25.65
-0.4%
N/A+12.5%$140.00M$71.29M8.69310
EBMT
Eagle Bancorp Montana
4.6523 of 5 stars
$16.78
+1.7%
$13.50
-19.5%
+38.6%$134.53M$79.91M15.54350Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
CBFV
CB Financial Services
2.8097 of 5 stars
$28.48
-0.1%
$24.67
-13.4%
+36.3%$146.44M$39.89M6.52200Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
SBFG
SB Financial Group
4.5021 of 5 stars
$19.64
+3.3%
N/A+38.9%$132.14M$75.87M11.28270Positive News
High Trading Volume
AUBN
Auburn National Bancorporation
4.1188 of 5 stars
$21.61
+1.5%
N/A+3.8%$75.51M$23.42M120.06150Positive News
ICBK
County Bancorp
1.552 of 5 stars
$35.25
flat
N/AN/A$214.78M$69.72M11.60173Analyst Forecast
ESQ
Esquire Financial
2.0263 of 5 stars
$66.76
+3.3%
$69.00
+3.4%
+45.8%$553.64M$120.71M13.91110Dividend Announcement
ATLC
Atlanticus
1.3665 of 5 stars
$37.19
+2.1%
$41.00
+10.2%
+29.4%$550.11M$262.48M8.83386News Coverage
HONE
HarborOne Bancorp
3.0112 of 5 stars
$12.06
+4.5%
$13.00
+7.8%
+22.8%$538.79M$162.29M31.74640Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
MPB
Mid Penn Bancorp
4.7333 of 5 stars
$32.25
+3.7%
$30.50
-5.4%
+60.5%$538.22M$169.18M11.81620Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
MSBI
Midland States Bancorp
4.7836 of 5 stars
$24.67
+4.4%
$26.00
+5.4%
+13.9%$527.69M$470.89M10.68970Analyst Upgrade
Insider Selling
Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:PEBK) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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