PFBC vs. STBA, SRCE, NBHC, SYBT, SBSI, AMNB, VBTX, CSTR, EIG, and MUC
Should you be buying Preferred Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Preferred Bank include S&T Bancorp (STBA), 1st Source (SRCE), National Bank (NBHC), Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), American National Bankshares (AMNB), Veritex (VBTX), CapStar Financial (CSTR), Employers (EIG), and BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC).
Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC) and S&T Bancorp (NASDAQ:STBA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and risk.
Preferred Bank pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. S&T Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Preferred Bank pays out 27.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. S&T Bancorp pays out 37.4% 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.
Preferred Bank has higher earnings, but lower revenue than S&T Bancorp. Preferred Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than S&T Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Preferred Bank has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, S&T Bancorp has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Preferred Bank currently has a consensus target price of $67.00, indicating a potential downside of 14.32%. S&T Bancorp has a consensus target price of $30.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.88%. Given S&T Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe S&T Bancorp is more favorable than Preferred Bank.
Preferred Bank has a net margin of 28.70% compared to S&T Bancorp's net margin of 24.68%. Preferred Bank's return on equity of 21.28% beat S&T Bancorp's return on equity.
72.8% of Preferred Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of S&T Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of S&T Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Preferred Bank had 8 more articles in the media than S&T Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Preferred Bank and 7 mentions for S&T Bancorp. S&T Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Preferred Bank's score of 0.88 indicating that S&T Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Preferred Bank received 56 more outperform votes than S&T Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.46% of users gave Preferred Bank an outperform vote while only 51.24% of users gave S&T Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
Preferred Bank beats S&T Bancorp on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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