ESQ vs. PGC, VBNK, BLX, CCNE, HRZN, ATLC, SLQT, NFBK, TRC, and MLP
Should you be buying Esquire Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Esquire Financial include Peapack-Gladstone Financial (PGC), VersaBank (VBNK), Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. (BLX), CNB Financial (CCNE), Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), Atlanticus (ATLC), SelectQuote (SLQT), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Tejon Ranch (TRC), and Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Peapack-Gladstone Financial (NASDAQ:PGC) and Esquire Financial (NASDAQ:ESQ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
Esquire Financial has a net margin of 31.50% compared to Esquire Financial's net margin of 10.11%. Peapack-Gladstone Financial's return on equity of 20.73% beat Esquire Financial's return on equity.
Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Esquire Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays out 9.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Esquire Financial pays out 12.9% 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. Esquire Financial has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Esquire Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Peapack-Gladstone Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Esquire Financial. Peapack-Gladstone Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Esquire Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Peapack-Gladstone Financial has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Esquire Financial has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
72.8% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.7% of Esquire Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.9% of Esquire Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Esquire Financial received 7 more outperform votes than Peapack-Gladstone Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.98% of users gave Peapack-Gladstone Financial an outperform vote while only 57.78% of users gave Esquire Financial an outperform vote.
Peapack-Gladstone Financial currently has a consensus target price of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.81%. Esquire Financial has a consensus target price of $62.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.65%. Given Esquire Financial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Peapack-Gladstone Financial is more favorable than Esquire Financial.
In the previous week, Esquire Financial had 15 more articles in the media than Peapack-Gladstone Financial. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Esquire Financial and 2 mentions for Peapack-Gladstone Financial. Esquire Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Peapack-Gladstone Financial's score of -0.05 indicating that Peapack-Gladstone Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Esquire Financial beats Peapack-Gladstone Financial on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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