PFC vs. BBAR, EBC, AX, UCB, IFS, ASB, CORZ, FHB, BUR, and AVAL
Should you be buying Premier Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Premier Financial include Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR), Eastern Bankshares (EBC), Axos Financial (AX), United Community Banks (UCB), Intercorp Financial Services (IFS), Associated Banc (ASB), Core Scientific (CORZ), First Hawaiian (FHB), Burford Capital (BUR), and Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Premier Financial vs.
Premier Financial (NASDAQ:PFC) and Banco BBVA Argentina (NYSE:BBAR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
Banco BBVA Argentina has higher revenue and earnings than Premier Financial. Banco BBVA Argentina is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Premier Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Premier Financial and Premier Financial both had 2 articles in the media. Premier Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Banco BBVA Argentina's score of 0.58 indicating that Premier Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Premier Financial currently has a consensus price target of $22.50, suggesting a potential downside of 20.44%. Banco BBVA Argentina has a consensus price target of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 39.88%. Given Banco BBVA Argentina's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Banco BBVA Argentina is more favorable than Premier Financial.
Banco BBVA Argentina received 350 more outperform votes than Premier Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.97% of users gave Banco BBVA Argentina an outperform vote while only 38.89% of users gave Premier Financial an outperform vote.
Premier Financial has a net margin of 16.12% compared to Banco BBVA Argentina's net margin of 6.09%. Banco BBVA Argentina's return on equity of 12.21% beat Premier Financial's return on equity.
Premier Financial has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco BBVA Argentina has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
66.1% of Premier Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Premier Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Premier Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Banco BBVA Argentina pays an annual dividend of $1.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Premier Financial pays out 62.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco BBVA Argentina pays out 74.5% 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.
Summary
Banco BBVA Argentina beats Premier Financial on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PFC) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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