PGC vs. TRMK, WSBC, EFSC, SYBT, OFG, FBNC, CHCO, LKFN, FCF, and NBHC
Should you be buying Peapack-Gladstone Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Peapack-Gladstone Financial include Trustmark (TRMK), WesBanco (WSBC), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT), OFG Bancorp (OFG), First Bancorp (FBNC), City (CHCO), Lakeland Financial (LKFN), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), and National Bank (NBHC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Peapack-Gladstone Financial vs.
Peapack-Gladstone Financial (NASDAQ:PGC) and Trustmark (NASDAQ:TRMK) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.
Trustmark has higher revenue and earnings than Peapack-Gladstone Financial. Trustmark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Peapack-Gladstone Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Peapack-Gladstone Financial has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Trustmark has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
72.8% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.6% of Trustmark shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Trustmark shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Trustmark has a net margin of 17.62% compared to Peapack-Gladstone Financial's net margin of 8.12%. Trustmark's return on equity of 9.48% beat Peapack-Gladstone Financial's return on equity.
Trustmark received 93 more outperform votes than Peapack-Gladstone Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.49% of users gave Peapack-Gladstone Financial an outperform vote while only 49.91% of users gave Trustmark an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Peapack-Gladstone Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Trustmark. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Peapack-Gladstone Financial and 2 mentions for Trustmark. Trustmark's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Peapack-Gladstone Financial's score of 0.15 indicating that Trustmark is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Peapack-Gladstone Financial currently has a consensus price target of $39.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.17%. Trustmark has a consensus price target of $35.20, suggesting a potential downside of 0.17%. Given Peapack-Gladstone Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Peapack-Gladstone Financial is more favorable than Trustmark.
Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Trustmark pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays out 11.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trustmark pays out 27.8% 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
Peapack-Gladstone Financial and Trustmark tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PGC) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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