Premier Financial (PFC) Competitors

$21.25
-0.01 (-0.05%)
(As of 05/10/2024 ET)

PFC vs. CNOB, DCOM, AMAL, FMBH, CTBI, BRKL, FCBC, LBAI, SBSI, and CFB

Should you be buying Premier Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Premier Financial include ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), and CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Premier Financial vs.

Premier Financial (NASDAQ:PFC) and ConnectOne Bancorp (NASDAQ:CNOB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.

Premier Financial has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ConnectOne Bancorp has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Premier Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. ConnectOne Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Premier Financial pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ConnectOne Bancorp pays out 36.0% 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, ConnectOne Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than Premier Financial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for ConnectOne Bancorp and 1 mentions for Premier Financial. Premier Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat ConnectOne Bancorp's score of 0.57 indicating that Premier Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Premier Financial Very Positive
ConnectOne Bancorp Positive

Premier Financial has a net margin of 23.67% compared to ConnectOne Bancorp's net margin of 15.29%. Premier Financial's return on equity of 9.12% beat ConnectOne Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Premier Financial23.67% 9.12% 1.01%
ConnectOne Bancorp 15.29%7.39%0.83%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Premier Financial$291.26M2.61$111.29M$3.106.85
ConnectOne Bancorp$504.07M1.53$87M$1.8910.66

Premier Financial presently has a consensus price target of $22.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.88%. ConnectOne Bancorp has a consensus price target of $24.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.59%. Given ConnectOne Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ConnectOne Bancorp is more favorable than Premier Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Premier Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
ConnectOne Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25

66.1% of Premier Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of ConnectOne Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Premier Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of ConnectOne Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

ConnectOne Bancorp received 246 more outperform votes than Premier Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.82% of users gave ConnectOne Bancorp an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Premier Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Premier FinancialOutperform Votes
14
40.00%
Underperform Votes
21
60.00%
ConnectOne BancorpOutperform Votes
260
58.82%
Underperform Votes
182
41.18%

Summary

ConnectOne Bancorp beats Premier Financial on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PFC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

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.
Skip Chart

PFC vs. The Competition

MetricPremier FinancialState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$761.03M$2.42B$9.65B$7.79B
Dividend Yield5.83%4.20%6.27%3.91%
P/E Ratio6.8512.2351.1417.73
Price / Sales2.612.063,413.6275.94
Price / Cash7.048.6328.6135.71
Price / Book0.781.033.084.38
Net Income$111.29M$403.09M$1.00B$217.54M
7 Day Performance2.41%0.73%1.04%-0.14%
1 Month Performance9.82%5.02%1.84%-1.62%
1 Year Performance53.54%37.03%18.95%8.90%

Premier Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNOB
ConnectOne Bancorp
4.613 of 5 stars
$19.63
-0.3%
$24.50
+24.8%
+46.7%$752.42M$504.07M10.39487Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
DCOM
Dime Community Bancshares
4.2173 of 5 stars
$19.55
-0.9%
$25.88
+32.4%
+23.6%$761.86M$645.57M10.98851Short Interest ↑
AMAL
Amalgamated Financial
3.4743 of 5 stars
$25.12
-1.1%
$29.50
+17.4%
+77.1%$766.16M$387.41M8.21425Ex-Dividend
Insider Selling
FMBH
First Mid Bancshares
2.4042 of 5 stars
$32.31
-0.1%
$37.00
+14.5%
+47.2%$771.89M$386.95M10.421,219Short Interest ↑
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
3.4879 of 5 stars
$43.39
-1.0%
$48.00
+10.6%
+32.3%$781.89M$326.31M10.07945Positive News
BRKL
Brookline Bancorp
4.8643 of 5 stars
$8.76
-1.0%
$11.08
+26.5%
+16.8%$785.33M$609.22M9.421,018News Coverage
Positive News
FCBC
First Community Bankshares
2.7099 of 5 stars
$35.42
-0.2%
$33.00
-6.8%
+51.7%$654.21M$174.62M13.07616Short Interest ↓
Positive News
LBAI
Lakeland Bancorp
4.4916 of 5 stars
$12.78
-1.2%
$14.15
+10.7%
+7.1%$832.62M$516.18M9.98826Short Interest ↓
SBSI
Southside Bancshares
4.2164 of 5 stars
$27.54
-0.8%
$33.50
+21.6%
+4.8%$841.01M$248.58M10.24815Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
CFB
CrossFirst Bankshares
3.5998 of 5 stars
$13.05
+1.3%
$17.00
+30.3%
+36.0%$644.93M$455.82M9.46453

Related Companies and Tools

This page (NASDAQ:PFC) was last updated on 5/12/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

From Our Partners