Peoples Financial Services (PFIS) Competitors $53.59 +0.90 (+1.71%) (As of 10:31 AM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends PFIS vs. AMNB, SMBK, FISI, GNTY, PFHD, CIFR, LOB, HUT, LU, and CASHShould you be buying Peoples Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Peoples Financial Services include American National Bankshares (AMNB), SmartFinancial (SMBK), Financial Institutions (FISI), Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY), Professional (PFHD), Cipher Mining (CIFR), Live Oak Bancshares (LOB), Hut 8 (HUT), Lufax (LU), and Pathward Financial (CASH). Peoples Financial Services vs. American National Bankshares SmartFinancial Financial Institutions Guaranty Bancshares Professional Cipher Mining Live Oak Bancshares Hut 8 Lufax Pathward Financial Peoples Financial Services (NASDAQ:PFIS) and American National Bankshares (NASDAQ:AMNB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability. Is PFIS or AMNB a better dividend stock? Peoples Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $2.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. American National Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Peoples Financial Services pays out 239.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American National Bankshares pays out 49.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Does the media favor PFIS or AMNB? In the previous week, Peoples Financial Services had 1 more articles in the media than American National Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Peoples Financial Services and 0 mentions for American National Bankshares. American National Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Peoples Financial Services' score of 0.00 indicating that American National Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Peoples Financial Services Neutral American National Bankshares Neutral Which has more volatility and risk, PFIS or AMNB? Peoples Financial Services has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American National Bankshares has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do insiders and institutionals believe in PFIS or AMNB? 31.7% of Peoples Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.9% of American National Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Peoples Financial Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of American National Bankshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Do analysts rate PFIS or AMNB? Peoples Financial Services presently has a consensus target price of $50.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.70%. Given Peoples Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Peoples Financial Services is more favorable than American National Bankshares.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Peoples Financial Services 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00American National Bankshares 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Which has preferable valuation & earnings, PFIS or AMNB? Peoples Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than American National Bankshares. American National Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Peoples Financial Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioPeoples Financial Services$163.98M3.26$27.38M$1.0352.03American National Bankshares$138.57M3.66$26.16M$2.4519.49 Is PFIS or AMNB more profitable? American National Bankshares has a net margin of 18.88% compared to Peoples Financial Services' net margin of 3.00%. American National Bankshares' return on equity of 7.88% beat Peoples Financial Services' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Peoples Financial Services3.00% 7.73% 0.71% American National Bankshares 18.88%7.88%0.85% Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PFIS or AMNB? American National Bankshares received 126 more outperform votes than Peoples Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.20% of users gave Peoples Financial Services an outperform vote while only 49.16% of users gave American National Bankshares an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformPeoples Financial ServicesOutperform Votes10752.20% Underperform Votes9847.80% American National BanksharesOutperform Votes23349.16% Underperform Votes24150.84% SummaryAmerican National Bankshares beats Peoples Financial Services on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Colonial MetalsTrump’s IRS Hands Massive ‘Victory Gift’ To 401K OwnersThe "Fake Media" has completely ignored Trump's genius "victory gift" to all America First patriots like you. A tax-free gift so powerful it could reshape the financial destinies of millions of IRA and 401(k) owners…Claim your FREE 2024 Gold Guide Get Peoples Financial Services News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PFIS 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 PFIS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPeoples Financial ServicesNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$535.36M$22.69B$10.53B$8.80BDividend Yield4.70%3.15%10.13%4.07%P/E Ratio52.0328.1846.3813.60Price / Sales3.262.353,473.7987.40Price / Cash10.7310.8630.6036.27Price / Book1.131.244.086.33Net Income$27.38M$2.24B$1.02B$225.93M7 Day Performance2.47%-0.54%0.20%-0.96%1 Month Performance15.62%8.16%7.38%1.06%1 Year Performance26.15%33.88%24.42%26.59% Peoples Financial Services Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PFISPeoples Financial Services1.6987 of 5 stars$53.59+1.7%$50.00-6.7%+21.1%$535.36M$163.98M52.03400AMNBAmerican National BanksharesN/A$47.76flatN/AN/A$507.69M$138.57M19.49334Analyst ForecastSMBKSmartFinancial2.5421 of 5 stars$35.77+0.3%$29.50-17.5%+63.5%$605.59M$240.37M18.39550Positive NewsFISIFinancial Institutions3.1298 of 5 stars$26.70+1.2%$22.00-17.6%+47.6%$413.05M$334.38M8.30624GNTYGuaranty BancsharesN/A$36.06-1.4%$35.00-2.9%+19.2%$411.81M$179.01M15.31470PFHDProfessionalN/A$28.65-0.5%N/A+0.0%$395.66M$107.18M18.37208High Trading VolumeCIFRCipher Mining2.1136 of 5 stars$6.13-5.8%$7.72+25.9%+161.4%$2.13B$126.84M-50.0710Gap UpLOBLive Oak Bancshares3.2103 of 5 stars$47.02+2.2%$45.50-3.2%+36.4%$2.12B$800.01M28.96987Dividend AnnouncementHUTHut 83.0238 of 5 stars$22.61-7.6%$30.17+33.4%+1,135.4%$2.12B$115.90M0.00219Analyst RevisionGap UpLULufax3.1766 of 5 stars$2.34-2.9%$3.58+53.1%-33.6%$2.03B$4.82B0.0036,215CASHPathward Financial2.8032 of 5 stars$80.39+1.1%$74.50-7.3%+58.8%$2.01B$775.94M11.991,199Short Interest ↓Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies AMNB Competitors SMBK Competitors FISI Competitors GNTY Competitors PFHD Competitors CIFR Competitors LOB Competitors HUT Competitors LU Competitors CASH 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:PFIS) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThe Crypto That’s Making Wall Street SweatThe Crypto Wall Street Is Desperate to Hide It's happening now, right under everyone's radar. 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