IBTX vs. PPBI, BOH, CVBF, FHB, FIBK, CBSH, WAL, BPOP, WTFC, and PB
Should you be buying Independent Bank Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Independent Bank Group include Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), CVB Financial (CVBF), First Hawaiian (FHB), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Popular (BPOP), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), and Prosperity Bancshares (PB). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Pacific Premier Bancorp (NASDAQ:PPBI) and Independent Bank Group (NASDAQ:IBTX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
93.1% of Pacific Premier Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.9% of Independent Bank Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Pacific Premier Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Independent Bank Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Pacific Premier Bancorp has a net margin of 24.75% compared to Pacific Premier Bancorp's net margin of 10.96%. Independent Bank Group's return on equity of 6.92% beat Pacific Premier Bancorp's return on equity.
Pacific Premier Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Independent Bank Group pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Pacific Premier Bancorp pays out 1,015.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Independent Bank Group pays out 60.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Independent Bank Group has higher revenue and earnings than Pacific Premier Bancorp. Independent Bank Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pacific Premier Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Independent Bank Group had 3 more articles in the media than Pacific Premier Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Independent Bank Group and 1 mentions for Pacific Premier Bancorp. Independent Bank Group's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Pacific Premier Bancorp's score of 0.72 indicating that Pacific Premier Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pacific Premier Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $26.33, indicating a potential upside of 27.46%. Independent Bank Group has a consensus target price of $52.33, indicating a potential upside of 23.08%. Given Independent Bank Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Pacific Premier Bancorp is more favorable than Independent Bank Group.
Pacific Premier Bancorp received 58 more outperform votes than Independent Bank Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.39% of users gave Pacific Premier Bancorp an outperform vote while only 53.64% of users gave Independent Bank Group an outperform vote.
Pacific Premier Bancorp has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Independent Bank Group has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Pacific Premier Bancorp beats Independent Bank Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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