Peoples Bancorp (PEBO) Competitors

International Bancshares (NASDAQ:IBOC) and Peoples Bancorp (NASDAQ:PEBO) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of IBOC or PEBO?

65.9% of International Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.7% of Peoples Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 13.9% of International Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Peoples Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, IBOC or PEBO?

International Bancshares has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peoples Bancorp has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IBOC or PEBO a better dividend stock?

International Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Peoples Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. International Bancshares pays out 21.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Peoples Bancorp pays out 48.3% 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. International Bancshares has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

Is IBOC or PEBO more profitable?

International Bancshares has a net margin of 38.65% compared to Peoples Bancorp's net margin of 18.90%. International Bancshares' return on equity of 15.62% beat Peoples Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
International Bancshares	38.65%	15.62%	2.59%
Peoples Bancorp	18.90%	11.07%	1.31%

Do analysts rate IBOC or PEBO?

Peoples Bancorp has a consensus price target of $38.38, suggesting a potential upside of 38.59%. Given Peoples Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Peoples Bancorp is more favorable than International Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
International Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Peoples Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IBOC or PEBO?

Peoples Bancorp received 86 more outperform votes than International Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.06% of users gave Peoples Bancorp an outperform vote while only 52.68% of users gave International Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
International Bancshares	Outperform Votes 187 52.68%	Underperform Votes 168 47.32%
Peoples Bancorp	Outperform Votes 273 56.06%	Underperform Votes 214 43.94%

Does the media refer more to IBOC or PEBO?

In the previous week, International Bancshares and International Bancshares both had 6 articles in the media. Peoples Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat International Bancshares' score of 1.47 indicating that Peoples Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
International Bancshares	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Peoples Bancorp	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, IBOC or PEBO?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
International Bancshares	$833.64M	4.39	$411.77M	$6.57	8.95
Peoples Bancorp	$443.83M	2.23	$117.21M	$3.31	8.37

Summary

International Bancshares beats Peoples Bancorp on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.