Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB) Competitors

Mid Penn Bancorp (NASDAQ:MPB) and Pacific Premier Bancorp (NASDAQ:PPBI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in MPB or PPBI?

43.1% of Mid Penn Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of Pacific Premier Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of Mid Penn Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Pacific Premier Bancorp shares are held 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.

Do analysts prefer MPB or PPBI?

Mid Penn Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $36.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.78%. Pacific Premier Bancorp has a consensus target price of $27.25, suggesting a potential upside of 28.42%. Given Mid Penn Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Mid Penn Bancorp is more favorable than Pacific Premier Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mid Penn Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Pacific Premier Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MPB or PPBI?

Pacific Premier Bancorp received 234 more outperform votes than Mid Penn Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.52% of users gave Pacific Premier Bancorp an outperform vote while only 57.65% of users gave Mid Penn Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mid Penn Bancorp	Outperform Votes 113 57.65%	Underperform Votes 83 42.35%
Pacific Premier Bancorp	Outperform Votes 347 61.52%	Underperform Votes 217 38.48%

Is MPB or PPBI more profitable?

Pacific Premier Bancorp has a net margin of 17.54% compared to Mid Penn Bancorp's net margin of 15.99%. Mid Penn Bancorp's return on equity of 8.43% beat Pacific Premier Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mid Penn Bancorp	15.99%	8.43%	0.87%
Pacific Premier Bancorp	17.54%	5.43%	0.87%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MPB or PPBI?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mid Penn Bancorp	$182.08M	2.84	$49.44M	$2.88	9.27
Pacific Premier Bancorp	$541.46M	3.80	$158.80M	$1.52	13.96

Which has more volatility & risk, MPB or PPBI?

Mid Penn Bancorp has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pacific Premier Bancorp has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MPB or PPBI a better dividend stock?

Mid Penn Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Pacific Premier Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Mid Penn Bancorp pays out 27.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pacific Premier Bancorp pays out 86.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media refer more to MPB or PPBI?

In the previous week, Pacific Premier Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Mid Penn Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Pacific Premier Bancorp and 2 mentions for Mid Penn Bancorp. Mid Penn Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Pacific Premier Bancorp's score of 0.94 indicating that Mid Penn Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mid Penn Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pacific Premier Bancorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Pacific Premier Bancorp beats Mid Penn Bancorp on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.