Premier Financial (PFC) Competitors $26.21 +0.46 (+1.79%) (As of 12/20/2024 05:51 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends PFC vs. EBC, BBAR, ASB, CLSK, AUB, FHB, IFS, BFH, WULF, and PRKShould you be buying Premier Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Premier Financial include Eastern Bankshares (EBC), Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR), Associated Banc (ASB), CleanSpark (CLSK), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), First Hawaiian (FHB), Intercorp Financial Services (IFS), Bread Financial (BFH), TeraWulf (WULF), and Park National (PRK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry. Premier Financial vs. Eastern Bankshares Banco BBVA Argentina Associated Banc CleanSpark Atlantic Union Bankshares First Hawaiian Intercorp Financial Services Bread Financial TeraWulf Park National Eastern Bankshares (NASDAQ:EBC) and Premier Financial (NASDAQ:PFC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability. Is EBC or PFC more profitable? Eastern Bankshares has a net margin of 38.00% compared to Premier Financial's net margin of 16.06%. Premier Financial's return on equity of 7.43% beat Eastern Bankshares' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Eastern Bankshares38.00% 4.49% 0.64% Premier Financial 16.06%7.43%0.84% Does the media refer more to EBC or PFC? In the previous week, Eastern Bankshares had 7 more articles in the media than Premier Financial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Eastern Bankshares and 0 mentions for Premier Financial. Eastern Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Premier Financial's score of 0.42 indicating that Eastern Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Eastern Bankshares Very Positive Premier Financial Neutral Is EBC or PFC a better dividend stock? Eastern Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Premier Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Eastern Bankshares pays out 20.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Premier Financial pays out 62.9% 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 raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Premier Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Do analysts recommend EBC or PFC? Eastern Bankshares presently has a consensus target price of $19.75, indicating a potential upside of 14.43%. Premier Financial has a consensus target price of $22.50, indicating a potential downside of 14.15%. Given Eastern Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Eastern Bankshares is more favorable than Premier Financial.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Eastern Bankshares 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50Premier Financial 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.25 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EBC or PFC? Eastern Bankshares received 10 more outperform votes than Premier Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.00% of users gave Eastern Bankshares an outperform vote while only 38.89% of users gave Premier Financial an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformEastern BanksharesOutperform Votes2450.00% Underperform Votes2450.00% Premier FinancialOutperform Votes1438.89% Underperform Votes2261.11% Which has more risk and volatility, EBC or PFC? Eastern Bankshares has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Premier Financial has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do insiders & institutionals believe in EBC or PFC? 71.7% of Eastern Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.1% of Premier Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Eastern Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Premier Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has better earnings & valuation, EBC or PFC? Eastern Bankshares has higher revenue and earnings than Premier Financial. Eastern Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Premier Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioEastern Bankshares$670.55M5.53$232.18M$2.327.44Premier Financial$243.44M3.86$111.29M$1.9713.30 SummaryEastern Bankshares beats Premier Financial on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Brownstone ResearchMedia Humiliated: Demo of Elon’s Tech Proves They’re WrongElon Musk believes his new AI product will be worth an incredible $9 trillion. But the mainstream media is not buying it.Click here to watch this demo and decide for yourself. Get Premier Financial News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PFC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart PFC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPremier FinancialState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$939.39M$3.10B$10.97B$9.07BDividend Yield4.44%3.54%9.85%4.22%P/E Ratio13.3016.5628.4917.19Price / Sales3.863.2848.61116.80Price / Cash9.3411.2830.3137.86Price / Book0.961.262.734.78Net Income$111.29M$406.76M$1.03B$225.60M7 Day Performance-6.19%-4.75%-2.88%-1.24%1 Month Performance-7.25%-4.99%-2.86%3.06%1 Year Performance10.50%14.26%11.27%16.50% Premier Financial Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PFCPremier Financial3.4839 of 5 stars$26.21+1.8%$22.50-14.2%+11.3%$939.39M$243.44M13.301,023High Trading VolumeEBCEastern Bankshares4.7151 of 5 stars$18.44+2.7%$19.75+7.1%+19.0%$3.96B$670.55M7.741,744Positive NewsBBARBanco BBVA Argentina4.3164 of 5 stars$19.23+11.7%$27.00+40.4%+242.1%$3.93B$1.93T10.066,009High Trading VolumeASBAssociated Banc4.7609 of 5 stars$25.75+0.8%$25.89+0.5%+13.8%$3.89B$1.09B21.204,100Analyst ForecastNews CoverageCLSKCleanSpark2.5225 of 5 stars$12.58+4.7%$23.17+84.2%+6.2%$3.68B$378.97M-22.19130Options VolumeGap UpAUBAtlantic Union Bankshares3.3383 of 5 stars$40.69-0.6%$42.00+3.2%+5.7%$3.65B$1.05B16.991,804Positive NewsFHBFirst Hawaiian2.3428 of 5 stars$27.29+0.8%$26.14-4.2%+13.9%$3.49B$1.12B15.462,000Analyst ForecastPositive NewsIFSIntercorp Financial Services4.1888 of 5 stars$29.26+0.1%$30.00+2.5%+37.0%$3.38B$6.22B11.468,333Positive NewsBFHBread Financial3.3282 of 5 stars$66.20+1.4%$53.54-19.1%+92.9%$3.29B$3.93B10.397,000Analyst UpgradeWULFTeraWulf3.5638 of 5 stars$8.23+16.9%$8.07-1.9%+239.0%$3.18B$126.47M0.006Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionNews CoveragePRKPark National0.8466 of 5 stars$187.50+0.3%$130.00-30.7%+32.2%$3.03B$564.30M22.111,799News CoverageGap Down Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Eastern Bankshares Competitors Banco BBVA Argentina Competitors Associated Banc Competitors CleanSpark Competitors Atlantic Union Bankshares Competitors First Hawaiian Competitors Intercorp Financial Services Competitors Bread Financial Competitors TeraWulf Competitors Park National Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:PFC) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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