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Peoples Bancorp (PEBO) Competitors

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$32.24 +0.34 (+1.07%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

PEBO vs. ABCB, IBOC, BANF, TCBI, FULT, CATY, FIBK, CBU, FBP, and CVBF

Should you be buying Peoples Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Peoples Bancorp include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), International Bancshares (IBOC), BancFirst (BANF), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), Fulton Financial (FULT), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), Community Bank System (CBU), First BanCorp. (FBP), and CVB Financial (CVBF). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Peoples Bancorp vs.

Peoples Bancorp (NASDAQ:PEBO) and Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

Peoples Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Peoples Bancorp pays out 45.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameris Bancorp pays out 12.5% 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.

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 7 more articles in the media than Peoples Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 3 mentions for Peoples Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Peoples Bancorp's score of 0.89 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Peoples Bancorp
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ameris Bancorp
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Peoples Bancorp has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

60.7% of Peoples Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Peoples Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Peoples Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $34.25, suggesting a potential upside of 6.23%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus target price of $69.17, suggesting a potential upside of 10.12%. Given Ameris Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ameris Bancorp is more favorable than Peoples Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Peoples Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Peoples Bancorp$442.41M2.59$113.36M$3.519.19
Ameris Bancorp$1.08B4.03$269.11M$4.8013.09

Peoples Bancorp has a net margin of 20.16% compared to Ameris Bancorp's net margin of 20.08%. Peoples Bancorp's return on equity of 11.84% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Peoples Bancorp20.16% 11.84% 1.39%
Ameris Bancorp 20.08%9.18%1.25%

Ameris Bancorp received 140 more outperform votes than Peoples Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.55% of users gave Ameris Bancorp an outperform vote while only 55.99% of users gave Peoples Bancorp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Peoples BancorpOutperform Votes
271
55.99%
Underperform Votes
213
44.01%
Ameris BancorpOutperform Votes
411
65.55%
Underperform Votes
216
34.45%

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Peoples Bancorp on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PEBO vs. The Competition

MetricPeoples BancorpState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.15B$3.10B$11.22B$9.07B
Dividend Yield5.02%3.56%9.82%4.23%
P/E Ratio9.1916.5626.7117.17
Price / Sales2.593.2936.43116.95
Price / Cash8.9311.2818.5937.86
Price / Book1.081.262.754.78
Net Income$113.36M$406.76M$1.04B$225.60M
7 Day Performance-6.87%-4.75%-2.88%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-8.49%-4.99%-2.89%3.36%
1 Year Performance-5.20%14.26%11.55%16.60%

Peoples Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PEBO
Peoples Bancorp
2.6676 of 5 stars
$32.24
+1.1%
$34.25
+6.2%
-4.2%$1.15B$442.41M9.191,478Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.0316 of 5 stars
$66.67
+0.0%
$69.17
+3.7%
+22.0%$4.60B$1.08B13.882,765Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
IBOC
International Bancshares
4.1856 of 5 stars
$69.42
-0.5%
N/A+25.9%$4.32B$836.41M10.862,200News Coverage
Positive News
BANF
BancFirst
3.2423 of 5 stars
$126.85
+1.2%
$113.33
-10.7%
+23.8%$4.20B$618.74M20.162,109Analyst Revision
Positive News
TCBI
Texas Capital Bancshares
3.8971 of 5 stars
$84.91
+0.6%
$74.69
-12.0%
+24.0%$3.92B$1.79B469.001,987Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
FULT
Fulton Financial
2.4823 of 5 stars
$21.04
+0.5%
$19.50
-7.3%
+19.3%$3.83B$1.13B13.253,400Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
3.9578 of 5 stars
$50.89
+0.6%
$47.75
-6.2%
+8.3%$3.62B$1.31B12.741,246Analyst Revision
Positive News
FIBK
First Interstate BancSystem
4.4212 of 5 stars
$34.19
+0.3%
$35.17
+2.9%
+6.0%$3.57B$990.70M14.883,585Analyst Forecast
Positive News
CBU
Community Bank System
4.7732 of 5 stars
$67.03
+0.5%
$65.25
-2.7%
+20.6%$3.52B$726.98M20.772,849Analyst Revision
Positive News
FBP
First BanCorp.
3.4143 of 5 stars
$19.97
+0.8%
$22.60
+13.2%
+11.6%$3.27B$889.54M10.943,168Positive News
CVBF
CVB Financial
1.8965 of 5 stars
$22.84
+0.6%
$21.80
-4.6%
+8.4%$3.19B$508.02M15.881,107Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:PEBO) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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