PFIS vs. INTR, BTDR, FINV, NTB, CASH, LOB, LC, SUPV, CIFR, and MBIN
Should you be buying Peoples Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Peoples Financial Services include Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), Bitdeer Technologies Group (BTDR), FinVolution Group (FINV), Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB), Pathward Financial (CASH), Live Oak Bancshares (LOB), LendingClub (LC), Grupo Supervielle (SUPV), Cipher Mining (CIFR), and Merchants Bancorp (MBIN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Peoples Financial Services vs.
Peoples Financial Services (NASDAQ:PFIS) and Inter & Co, Inc. (NASDAQ:INTR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, Peoples Financial Services had 1 more articles in the media than Inter & Co, Inc.. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Peoples Financial Services and 4 mentions for Inter & Co, Inc.. Inter & Co, Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Peoples Financial Services' score of 0.74 indicating that Inter & Co, Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Inter & Co, Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Peoples Financial Services. Inter & Co, Inc. 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.
Peoples Financial Services currently has a consensus price target of $50.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.85%. Inter & Co, Inc. has a consensus price target of $7.30, suggesting a potential upside of 54.33%. Given Inter & Co, Inc.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Inter & Co, Inc. is more favorable than Peoples Financial Services.
Peoples Financial Services has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inter & Co, Inc. has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Peoples Financial Services received 97 more outperform votes than Inter & Co, Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.00% of users gave Inter & Co, Inc. an outperform vote while only 52.43% of users gave Peoples Financial Services an outperform vote.
31.7% of Peoples Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.9% of Inter & Co, Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Peoples Financial Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Peoples Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $2.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Inter & Co, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. 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. Inter & Co, Inc. pays out 8.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Inter & Co, Inc. has a net margin of 10.37% compared to Peoples Financial Services' net margin of 3.00%. Inter & Co, Inc.'s return on equity of 9.29% beat Peoples Financial Services' return on equity.
Summary
Inter & Co, Inc. beats Peoples Financial Services on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PFIS) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
