PEBO vs. TSC, ALTA, FMBH, CFB, CPF, UMBF, COLB, IBOC, ABCB, and UCBI
Should you be buying Peoples Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Peoples Bancorp include TriState Capital (TSC), Altabancorp (ALTA), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), UMB Financial (UMBF), Columbia Banking System (COLB), International Bancshares (IBOC), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), and United Community Banks (UCBI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Peoples Bancorp (NASDAQ:PEBO) and TriState Capital (NASDAQ:TSC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
60.7% of Peoples Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of TriState Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Peoples Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of TriState Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Peoples Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than TriState Capital. Peoples Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TriState Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Peoples Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than TriState Capital. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Peoples Bancorp and 1 mentions for TriState Capital. Peoples Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat TriState Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Peoples Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TriState Capital received 39 more outperform votes than Peoples Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.93% of users gave Peoples Bancorp an outperform vote while only 52.38% of users gave TriState Capital an outperform vote.
Peoples Bancorp has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TriState Capital has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Peoples Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $33.40, suggesting a potential upside of 17.98%. Given Peoples Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Peoples Bancorp is more favorable than TriState Capital.
TriState Capital has a net margin of 27.20% compared to Peoples Bancorp's net margin of 20.17%. TriState Capital's return on equity of 13.05% beat Peoples Bancorp's return on equity.
Summary
Peoples Bancorp beats TriState Capital on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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