Primis Financial (FRST) Competitors

$10.84
+0.16 (+1.50%)
(As of 05/17/2024 ET)

FRST vs. PFIS, BMRC, FNLC, OBT, ACNB, CZNC, UNTY, BSVN, JMSB, and USCB

Should you be buying Primis Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Primis Financial include Peoples Financial Services (PFIS), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), First Bancorp (FNLC), Orange County Bancorp (OBT), ACNB (ACNB), Citizens & Northern (CZNC), Unity Bancorp (UNTY), Bank7 (BSVN), John Marshall Bancorp (JMSB), and USCB Financial (USCB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Primis Financial vs.

Primis Financial (NASDAQ:FRST) and Peoples Financial Services (NASDAQ:PFIS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Primis Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Peoples Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Primis Financial pays out 46.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Peoples Financial Services pays out 50.3% 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.

In the previous week, Peoples Financial Services had 5 more articles in the media than Primis Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Peoples Financial Services and 1 mentions for Primis Financial. Primis Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Peoples Financial Services' score of -0.67 indicating that Primis Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Primis Financial
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Peoples Financial Services
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative

Peoples Financial Services received 101 more outperform votes than Primis Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.73% of users gave Peoples Financial Services an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave Primis Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Primis FinancialOutperform Votes
6
37.50%
Underperform Votes
10
62.50%
Peoples Financial ServicesOutperform Votes
107
55.73%
Underperform Votes
85
44.27%

Peoples Financial Services has a consensus price target of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.43%. Given Peoples Financial Services' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Peoples Financial Services is more favorable than Primis Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Primis Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Peoples Financial Services
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

75.0% of Primis Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.7% of Peoples Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of Primis Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Peoples Financial Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Primis Financial has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peoples Financial Services has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Peoples Financial Services has a net margin of 13.81% compared to Primis Financial's net margin of 8.73%. Peoples Financial Services' return on equity of 7.52% beat Primis Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Primis Financial8.73% 5.90% 0.58%
Peoples Financial Services 13.81%7.52%0.67%

Peoples Financial Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Primis Financial. Peoples Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Primis Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Primis Financial$244.23M1.10$9.94M$0.8612.60
Peoples Financial Services$163.98M1.75$27.38M$3.2612.50

Summary

Peoples Financial Services beats Primis Financial on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FRST and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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FRST vs. The Competition

MetricPrimis FinancialState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$263.60M$2.25B$9.63B$7.95B
Dividend Yield3.75%4.25%6.41%3.91%
P/E Ratio12.6012.4348.3116.65
Price / Sales1.102.013,595.1489.85
Price / Cash10.678.6828.8632.12
Price / Book0.681.053.284.69
Net Income$9.94M$358.19M$1.00B$217.01M
7 Day Performance2.75%1.74%1.67%2.90%
1 Month Performance2.85%7.89%5.24%6.58%
1 Year Performance39.69%30.96%18.53%10.15%

Primis Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PFIS
Peoples Financial Services
2.8871 of 5 stars
$37.90
-3.6%
$43.00
+13.5%
+3.2%$267.57M$163.98M11.63375
BMRC
Bank of Marin Bancorp
2.3565 of 5 stars
$15.82
-0.1%
$17.33
+9.6%
-4.4%$257.87M$144.48M19.06329Positive News
FNLC
First Bancorp
2.7853 of 5 stars
$23.00
-0.3%
N/A+2.1%$255.99M$143.61M9.27271Short Interest ↑
OBT
Orange County Bancorp
3.4062 of 5 stars
$48.25
-7.7%
$51.00
+5.7%
+47.9%$273.10M$131.19M7.65197Gap Down
ACNB
ACNB
3.2331 of 5 stars
$32.18
-3.5%
$38.33
+19.1%
+17.8%$273.85M$115.08M9.30413Gap Down
CZNC
Citizens & Northern
3.376 of 5 stars
$17.81
-2.4%
$21.00
+17.9%
-4.2%$273.92M$137.92M11.34404Short Interest ↑
UNTY
Unity Bancorp
4.6919 of 5 stars
$27.10
-1.0%
N/A+27.1%$274.79M$151.64M7.11217News Coverage
BSVN
Bank7
3.535 of 5 stars
$29.81
-1.7%
$32.67
+9.6%
+24.1%$275.44M$130.79M9.23123Short Interest ↓
Positive News
JMSB
John Marshall Bancorp
0.6976 of 5 stars
$17.64
-0.7%
N/A-6.2%$250.84M$85.83M80.19133Gap Up
USCB
USCB Financial
3.8325 of 5 stars
$12.55
+5.5%
$13.33
+6.2%
+29.4%$246.61M$65.97M16.30196Ex-Dividend
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:FRST) was last updated on 5/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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