Peoples Bancorp (PEBO) Competitors

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

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

51.7% of BancFirst shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.7% of Peoples Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.4% of BancFirst shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Peoples Bancorp shares are owned 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 better earnings & valuation, BANF or PEBO?

BancFirst has higher revenue and earnings than Peoples Bancorp. Peoples Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BancFirst, 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
BancFirst	$908.71M	4.80	$216.35M	$6.61	19.87
Peoples Bancorp	$620.14M	1.84	$117.21M	$3.15	10.19

Do analysts prefer BANF or PEBO?

BancFirst currently has a consensus target price of $113.33, suggesting a potential downside of 13.72%. Peoples Bancorp has a consensus target price of $36.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.18%. Given Peoples Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Peoples Bancorp is more favorable than BancFirst.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BancFirst	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
Peoples Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is BANF or PEBO more profitable?

BancFirst has a net margin of 24.05% compared to Peoples Bancorp's net margin of 18.10%. BancFirst's return on equity of 13.90% beat Peoples Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BancFirst	24.05%	13.90%	1.66%
Peoples Bancorp	18.10%	10.36%	1.25%

Which has more risk & volatility, BANF or PEBO?

BancFirst has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peoples Bancorp has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BANF or PEBO a better dividend stock?

BancFirst pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Peoples Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. BancFirst pays out 27.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Peoples Bancorp pays out 52.1% 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. BancFirst has increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years and Peoples Bancorp has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years.

Does the media prefer BANF or PEBO?

In the previous week, BancFirst had 1 more articles in the media than Peoples Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for BancFirst and 5 mentions for Peoples Bancorp. BancFirst's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Peoples Bancorp's score of -0.22 indicating that BancFirst is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BancFirst	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Peoples Bancorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

BancFirst beats Peoples Bancorp on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.