Compare Stocks: CIZN, PEBK, MRBK, and FSBW

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CIZN Citizens	$10.97	$9.96	$6.44 ▼ $10.97	$62.46M	0.05	3,800 shs	143 shs
FSBW FS Bancorp	$43.48 -1.0%	$43.01	$36.66 ▼ $45.85	$323.14M	0.66	22,587 shs	12,478 shs
MRBK Meridian Bank	$20.08 -0.1%	$19.82	$13.81 ▼ $21.67	$239.53M	0.66	100,196 shs	105,929 shs
PEBK Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina	$44.84 +0.6%	$43.15	$27.33 ▼ $45.78	$244.89M	0.29	50,047 shs	8,813 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CIZN Citizens	0.00%	+2.52%	+10.47%	+13.09%	+47.25%
FSBW FS Bancorp	-0.96%	+0.98%	+0.02%	+9.80%	+5.64%
MRBK Meridian Bank	-0.15%	+1.93%	-0.69%	+17.08%	+32.11%
PEBK Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina	+0.63%	+4.16%	+6.61%	+12.35%	+45.35%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CIZN Citizens	$10.97	$9.96	$6.44 ▼ $10.97	$62.46M	0.05	3,800 shs	143 shs
FSBW FS Bancorp	$43.48 -1.0%	$43.01	$36.66 ▼ $45.85	$323.14M	0.66	22,587 shs	12,478 shs
MRBK Meridian Bank	$20.08 -0.1%	$19.82	$13.81 ▼ $21.67	$239.53M	0.66	100,196 shs	105,929 shs
PEBK Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina	$44.84 +0.6%	$43.15	$27.33 ▼ $45.78	$244.89M	0.29	50,047 shs	8,813 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CIZN Citizens	0.00%	+2.52%	+10.47%	+13.09%	+47.25%
FSBW FS Bancorp	-0.96%	+0.98%	+0.02%	+9.80%	+5.64%
MRBK Meridian Bank	-0.15%	+1.93%	-0.69%	+17.08%	+32.11%
PEBK Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina	+0.63%	+4.16%	+6.61%	+12.35%	+45.35%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CIZN Citizens	3.00	Buy	$19.50	77.76% Upside
FSBW FS Bancorp	2.00	Hold	$45.00	3.50% Upside
MRBK Meridian Bank	2.50	Moderate Buy	$22.00	9.56% Upside
PEBK Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina	3.00	Buy	N/A	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest CIZN, PEBK, MRBK, and FSBW Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/14/2026	CIZN Citizens	Nomura Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$28.00
8/11/2026	CIZN Citizens	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$15.00
8/11/2026	CIZN Citizens	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Outperform ➝ Market Outperform
8/4/2026	PEBK Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B+)
8/4/2026	MRBK Meridian Bank	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$23.00
7/28/2026	CIZN Citizens	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Market Outperform
7/28/2026	FSBW FS Bancorp	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold ➝ Strong Sell
7/27/2026	FSBW FS Bancorp	Brean Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$45.00
7/22/2026	FSBW FS Bancorp	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$45.00
7/21/2026	PEBK Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B)
7/20/2026	MRBK Meridian Bank	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B-)

(Data available from 8/15/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
CIZN Citizens	$40.95M	1.53	$1.19 per share	9.25	$7.63 per share	1.44
FSBW FS Bancorp	$152.61M	2.12	$5.96 per share	7.29	$42.92 per share	1.01
MRBK Meridian Bank	$205.49M	1.17	$1.98 per share	10.12	$17.17 per share	1.17
PEBK Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina	$114.60M	2.14	$4.16 per share	10.78	$29.54 per share	1.52

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
CIZN Citizens	$5.49M	$1.68	11.19	N/A	N/A	7.00%	11.28%	0.37%	N/A
FSBW FS Bancorp	$33.35M	$4.34	10.02	8.91	N/A	14.88%	10.86%	1.05%	10/20/2026 (Estimated)
MRBK Meridian Bank	$21.84M	$2.06	9.75	8.37	N/A	11.89%	12.29%	0.95%	10/29/2026 (Estimated)
PEBK Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina	$19.83M	$3.64	12.32	N/A	N/A	17.25%	12.75%	1.15%	10/19/2026 (Estimated)

Latest CIZN, PEBK, MRBK, and FSBW Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	MRBK Meridian Bank	$0.51	$0.48	-$0.03	$0.48	$34.31 million	$32.67 million
7/21/2026	Q2 2026	FSBW FS Bancorp	$1.08	$1.08	N/A	$1.04	$38.00 million	$5.24 million
7/20/2026	Q2 2026	PEBK Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina	N/A	$0.96	N/A	$0.96	N/A	$23.11 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CIZN Citizens	$0.08	0.73%	-47.03%	4.76%	1 Years
FSBW FS Bancorp	$1.16	2.67%	+26.12%	26.73%	12 Years
MRBK Meridian Bank	$0.56	2.79%	+30.92%	27.18%	N/A
PEBK Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina	$0.84	1.87%	+5.06%	23.08%	1 Years

Latest CIZN, PEBK, MRBK, and FSBW Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/21/2026	FSBW FS Bancorp	quarterly	$0.29	2.69%	8/7/2026	8/7/2026	8/21/2026
7/30/2026	MRBK Meridian Bank	quarterly	$0.14	2.89%	8/10/2026	8/10/2026	8/17/2026
5/21/2026	PEBK Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina	quarterly	$0.21	2.04%	6/3/2026	6/3/2026	6/15/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CIZN Citizens	N/A	0.58	0.58
FSBW FS Bancorp	1.17	1.10	1.02
MRBK Meridian Bank	0.24	0.98	0.96
PEBK Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina	0.10	0.86	0.86

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CIZN Citizens	9.74%
FSBW FS Bancorp	63.88%
MRBK Meridian Bank	58.56%
PEBK Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina	43.83%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CIZN Citizens	8.90%
FSBW FS Bancorp	12.90%
MRBK Meridian Bank	14.06%
PEBK Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina	14.50%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CIZN Citizens	250	5.69 million	5.14 million	Not Optionable
FSBW FS Bancorp	540	7.43 million	6.47 million	Not Optionable
MRBK Meridian Bank	410	11.93 million	10.25 million	Not Optionable
PEBK Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina	310	5.46 million	4.67 million	Not Optionable

CIZN, PEBK, MRBK, and FSBW Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (NASDAQ:PEBK) Stock Price Passes Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average - Should You Sell?

August 15 at 2:42 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (NASDAQ:PEBK) Stock Price Crosses Above 200-Day Moving Average - Here's Why

August 15 at 2:39 AM | marketbeat.com

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc.

August 10, 2026 | edition.cnn.com

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (NASDAQ:PEBK) Director Robert Abernethy, Jr. Sells 950 Shares of Stock

August 8, 2026 | insidertrades.com

Robert Abernethy Jr Sells 950 Shares of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (NASDAQ:PEBK) Stock

August 7, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Robert Abernethy Sells 5,247 Shares of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (NASDAQ:PEBK) Stock

August 7, 2026 | insidertrades.com

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (NASDAQ:PEBK) Director Sells $227,404.98 in Stock

August 6, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Insider Selling: Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (NASDAQ:PEBK) Director Sells $42,910.00 in Stock

August 1, 2026 | insidertrades.com

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (NASDAQ:PEBK) Director James Abernethy Sells 1,000 Shares

July 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Insider Selling: Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (NASDAQ:PEBK) Director Sells 500 Shares of Stock

July 31, 2026 | insidertrades.com

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (NASDAQ:PEBK) Director Sells $42,890.00 in Stock

July 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

James Abernethy Sells 500 Shares of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (NASDAQ:PEBK) Stock

July 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina Adds Independent Director

July 21, 2026 | tipranks.com

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (NASDAQ:PEBK) Issues Earnings Results

July 20, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Peoples Bancorp Announces Second Quarter 2026 Results

July 20, 2026 | accessnewswire.comA

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (NASDAQ:PEBK) Share Price Passes Above Fifty Day Moving Average - Time to Sell?

July 16, 2026 | marketbeat.com

PEBK vs. HTB: Which Regional Bank Stock Is the Better Buy Right Now?

June 25, 2026 | zacks.com

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (NASDAQ:PEBK) Director James Abernethy Sells 500 Shares

June 3, 2026 | insidertrades.com

Insider Selling: Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (NASDAQ:PEBK) Director Sells 1,200 Shares of Stock

June 2, 2026 | insidertrades.com

Insider Selling: Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (NASDAQ:PEBK) Director Sells 950 Shares of Stock

May 27, 2026 | insidertrades.com

Peoples Bancorp Announces Cash Dividend

May 22, 2026 | accessnewswire.comA

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CIZN, PEBK, MRBK, and FSBW Company Descriptions

Citizens NASDAQ:CIZN

$10.97 0.00 (0.00%)

As of 08/14/2026

Citizens Holding Company operates as the bank holding company for The Citizens Bank of Philadelphia that provides various commercial and personal banking products and services. It offers demand deposits; and savings and time deposit accounts. The company also provides secured and unsecured loans; mortgage loans; single and multi-family housing, farm, residential and commercial construction, and commercial real estate loans; commercial, industrial, and agricultural production loans; and consumer loans, as well as issues letters of credit. In addition, it offers personal and corporate trust services; credit life and title insurance; and online and mobile banking services. The company was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Mississippi.

FS Bancorp NASDAQ:FSBW

$43.48 -0.42 (-0.96%)

Closing price 08/14/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$43.45 -0.03 (-0.07%)

As of 08/14/2026 07:34 PM Eastern

FS Bancorp, Inc. operates as a bank holding company for 1st Security Bank of Washington that provides banking and financial services to local families, local and regional businesses, and industry niches. The company operates in two segments, Commercial and Consumer Banking; and Home Lending. It offers various deposit instruments, including checking accounts, money market deposit accounts, savings accounts, and certificates of deposit. The company provides one-to-four-family residential first mortgages, second mortgage/home equity loan products, non-mortgage commercial business loans, commercial real estate loans, and construction and development loans, as well as consumer loans, which primarily include personal lines of credit, credit cards, automobile, direct home improvement, loans on deposit, and recreational loans. It operates full bank service branches and home loan production offices in suburban communities in the greater Puget Sound area, including Snohomish, King, Pierce, Jefferson, Kitsap, Clallam, Grays Harbor, and Thurston counties; and a loan production office in the market area of the Tri-Cities. FS Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in Mountlake Terrace, Washington.

Meridian Bank NASDAQ:MRBK

$20.08 -0.03 (-0.15%)

Closing price 08/14/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$20.08 +0.01 (+0.02%)

As of 08/14/2026 04:10 PM Eastern

Meridian Corporation operates as the holding company for Meridian Bank that provides commercial banking products and services in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Florida, and Maryland. The company offers various deposit products, such as demand non-interest bearing, demand interest bearing, savings accounts, money market accounts, and time deposits. It also provides commercial and industrial loans comprising business lines of credit, term loans, small business lending, lease financing, shared national credits, and other financing; commercial real estate, and land development and construction loans for residential and commercial projects; and consumer and home equity lending, private banking, merchant, and title and land settlement services. In addition, the company operates and originates mortgage loans for 1-4 family dwellings; and offers real estate holding, investment advisory, and equipment leasing services, as well as financial planning and wealth management services. Meridian Corporation was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania.

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina NASDAQ:PEBK

$44.84 +0.28 (+0.63%)

Closing price 08/14/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$44.72 -0.12 (-0.27%)

As of 08/14/2026 07:36 PM Eastern

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Peoples Bank that provides various banking products and services for individuals and small-to medium-sized businesses. It offers checking, savings, money market, and retirement accounts; certificates of deposits; and credit and debit cards. The company also originates commercial real estate loans, commercial loans, construction and land development loans, and residential mortgage loans; and individual taxpayer identification number mortgage loans, as well as agricultural loans. In addition, it provides investment counseling and non-deposit investment products, such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, tax deferred annuities, and related brokerage services; and real estate appraisal and brokerage services. Further, the company operates as a clearing-house for the provision of appraisal services for community banks; and acquires, manages, and disposes real property, other collateral, and other assets obtained in the ordinary course of collecting debts. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc. was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Newton, North Carolina.

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