BPRN vs. SBSI, JFIN, CFB, ESQ, OSBC, XYF, ATLC, HBT, AMTB, and MCBS
Should you be buying Princeton Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Princeton Bancorp include Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Jiayin Group (JFIN), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), Esquire Financial (ESQ), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), X Financial (XYF), Atlanticus (ATLC), HBT Financial (HBT), Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), and MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Princeton Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Southside Bancshares (NYSE:SBSI) and Princeton Bancorp (NASDAQ:BPRN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.
55.7% of Southside Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.4% of Princeton Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Southside Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of Princeton 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.
Princeton Bancorp received 190 more outperform votes than Southside Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.63% of users gave Princeton Bancorp an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Southside Bancshares an outperform vote.
Southside Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Princeton Bancorp. Southside Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Princeton Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Princeton Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than Southside Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Princeton Bancorp and 0 mentions for Southside Bancshares. Princeton Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Southside Bancshares' score of 0.00 indicating that Princeton Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Princeton Bancorp has a consensus price target of $37.50, indicating a potential upside of 24.63%. Given Princeton Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Princeton Bancorp is more favorable than Southside Bancshares.
Southside Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Princeton Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Southside Bancshares pays out 49.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Princeton Bancorp pays out 67.8% 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. Southside Bancshares has increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years. Southside Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Southside Bancshares has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Princeton Bancorp has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Southside Bancshares and Princeton Bancorp tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BPRN) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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