Peapack-Gladstone Financial (PGC) Competitors

Peapack-Gladstone Financial (NASDAQ:PGC) and Renasant (NASDAQ:RNST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Is PGC or RNST more profitable?

Renasant has a net margin of 17.91% compared to Peapack-Gladstone Financial's net margin of 8.11%. Renasant's return on equity of 6.58% beat Peapack-Gladstone Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Peapack-Gladstone Financial	8.11%	5.57%	0.50%
Renasant	17.91%	6.58%	0.93%

Which has more volatility and risk, PGC or RNST?

Peapack-Gladstone Financial has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Renasant has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PGC or RNST?

In the previous week, Renasant had 5 more articles in the media than Peapack-Gladstone Financial. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Renasant and 4 mentions for Peapack-Gladstone Financial. Renasant's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Peapack-Gladstone Financial's score of 0.97 indicating that Renasant is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Peapack-Gladstone Financial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Renasant	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, PGC or RNST?

Renasant has higher revenue and earnings than Peapack-Gladstone Financial. Renasant 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Peapack-Gladstone Financial	$224.11M	2.05	$32.99M	$1.85	14.10
Renasant	$662.45M	2.70	$195.46M	$3.27	8.60

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PGC or RNST?

Renasant received 184 more outperform votes than Peapack-Gladstone Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.61% of users gave Peapack-Gladstone Financial an outperform vote while only 57.60% of users gave Renasant an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Peapack-Gladstone Financial	Outperform Votes 191 61.61%	Underperform Votes 119 38.39%
Renasant	Outperform Votes 375 57.60%	Underperform Votes 276 42.40%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PGC or RNST?

72.8% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.3% of Renasant shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Renasant shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer PGC or RNST?

Peapack-Gladstone Financial presently has a consensus target price of $39.33, indicating a potential upside of 50.76%. Renasant has a consensus target price of $42.17, indicating a potential upside of 49.88%. Given Peapack-Gladstone Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Peapack-Gladstone Financial is more favorable than Renasant.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Peapack-Gladstone Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Renasant	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is PGC or RNST a better dividend stock?

Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Renasant pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays out 10.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Renasant pays out 26.9% 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.

Summary

Renasant beats Peapack-Gladstone Financial on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.