PEBK vs. MYFW, ISTR, CWBC, OPBK, PWOD, FINW, FRAF, FCCO, RMBI, and CFFI
Should you be buying Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina include First Western Financial (MYFW), Investar (ISTR), Community West Bancshares (CWBC), OP Bancorp (OPBK), Penns Woods Bancorp (PWOD), FinWise Bancorp (FINW), Franklin Financial Services (FRAF), First Community (FCCO), Richmond Mutual Bancorporation (RMBI), and C&F Financial (CFFI). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
First Western Financial (NASDAQ:MYFW) and Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (NASDAQ:PEBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.
First Western Financial has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina has a net margin of 16.29% compared to Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's net margin of 4.28%. First Western Financial's return on equity of 14.37% beat Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's return on equity.
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First Western Financial. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Western Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
60.3% of First Western Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.8% of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of First Western Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.4% of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
First Western Financial currently has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.09%. Given Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe First Western Financial is more favorable than Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina.
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina received 85 more outperform votes than First Western Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.96% of users gave Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina an outperform vote while only 48.87% of users gave First Western Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina had 5 more articles in the media than First Western Financial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina and 0 mentions for First Western Financial. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat First Western Financial's score of -0.34 indicating that First Western Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina beats First Western Financial on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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