PFC vs. IFS, AUB, FHB, CLSK, BFH, BUR, PRK, AVAL, ENVA, and IBTX
Should you be buying Premier Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Premier Financial include Intercorp Financial Services (IFS), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), First Hawaiian (FHB), CleanSpark (CLSK), Bread Financial (BFH), Burford Capital (BUR), Park National (PRK), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), Enova International (ENVA), and Independent Bank Group (IBTX). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Premier Financial vs.
Premier Financial (NASDAQ:PFC) and Intercorp Financial Services (NYSE:IFS) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Intercorp Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than Premier Financial. Intercorp Financial Services 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 had 1 more articles in the media than Intercorp Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Premier Financial and 1 mentions for Intercorp Financial Services. Premier Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Intercorp Financial Services' score of 0.88 indicating that Premier Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Premier Financial presently has a consensus price target of $22.50, suggesting a potential downside of 10.50%. Intercorp Financial Services has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.56%. Given Intercorp Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Intercorp Financial Services is more favorable than Premier Financial.
66.1% of Premier Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Premier Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Intercorp Financial Services has a net margin of 18.00% compared to Premier Financial's net margin of 16.06%. Intercorp Financial Services' return on equity of 10.67% beat Premier Financial's return on equity.
Intercorp Financial Services received 27 more outperform votes than Premier Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.16% of users gave Intercorp Financial Services an outperform vote while only 38.89% of users gave Premier Financial an outperform vote.
Premier Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Intercorp Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Premier Financial pays out 62.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Intercorp Financial Services pays out 37.3% 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.
Premier Financial has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intercorp Financial Services has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Intercorp Financial Services beats Premier Financial on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PFC) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
