Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (PEBK) Competitors $29.27 -0.11 (-0.37%) Closing price 07/25/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$29.38 +0.11 (+0.36%) As of 07/25/2025 04:04 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock PEBK vs. LDI, SMBK, CBNK, BITF, MPB, ALRS, SHBI, QD, BCAL, and UNTYShould you be buying Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina include loanDepot (LDI), SmartFinancial (SMBK), Capital Bancorp (CBNK), Bitfarms (BITF), Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), Alerus Financial (ALRS), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), Qudian (QD), California BanCorp (BCAL), and Unity Bancorp (UNTY). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina vs. Its Competitors loanDepot SmartFinancial Capital Bancorp Bitfarms Mid Penn Bancorp Alerus Financial Shore Bancshares Qudian California BanCorp Unity Bancorp loanDepot (NYSE:LDI) and Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (NASDAQ:PEBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends and earnings. Does the media prefer LDI or PEBK? In the previous week, loanDepot had 17 more articles in the media than Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for loanDepot and 3 mentions for Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat loanDepot's score of 0.32 indicating that Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment loanDepot 9 Very Positive mention(s) 3 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has more volatility & risk, LDI or PEBK? loanDepot has a beta of 3.33, indicating that its stock price is 233% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of LDI or PEBK? 39.4% of loanDepot shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.8% of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina shares are held by institutional investors. 78.1% of loanDepot shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is LDI or PEBK a better dividend stock? loanDepot pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 270.4%. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. loanDepot pays out -1,066.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina pays out 25.7% 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. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. loanDepot is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Do analysts rate LDI or PEBK? loanDepot presently has a consensus target price of $2.05, indicating a potential upside of 15.49%. Given loanDepot's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe loanDepot is more favorable than Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score loanDepot 1 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.50Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Is LDI or PEBK more profitable? Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina has a net margin of 15.49% compared to loanDepot's net margin of -7.74%. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's return on equity of 12.60% beat loanDepot's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets loanDepot-7.74% -18.41% -1.57% Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina 15.49%12.60%1.02% Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LDI or PEBK? Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina has lower revenue, but higher earnings than loanDepot. loanDepot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioloanDepot$831.14M0.70-$98.33M-$0.45-3.94Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina$108.45M1.47$16.35M$3.119.41 SummaryPeoples Bancorp of North Carolina beats loanDepot on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PEBK and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PEBK and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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 PEBK vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPeoples Bancorp of North CarolinaBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$160.40M$2.00B$12.26B$9.50BDividend Yield2.72%2.60%5.54%4.00%P/E Ratio9.4111.9919.0620.08Price / Sales1.472.5026.1199.95Price / Cash8.3312.5921.6358.56Price / Book1.221.202.205.88Net Income$16.35M$154.64M$998.02M$258.89M7 Day Performance1.42%-0.46%0.58%3.70%1 Month Performance0.10%4.38%3.45%11.71%1 Year Performance-8.39%12.68%536.27%17.98% Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PEBKPeoples Bancorp of North Carolina3.056 of 5 stars$29.27-0.4%N/A-8.0%$160.40M$108.45M9.41310Positive NewsEarnings ReportUpcoming EarningsLDIloanDepot1.0767 of 5 stars$1.94+3.3%$2.05+5.6%-14.3%$620.23M$1.06B-4.324,900Trending NewsInsider TradeGap DownHigh Trading VolumeSMBKSmartFinancial2.9199 of 5 stars$36.14-0.4%$33.70-6.8%+27.2%$617.24M$178.24M16.89550News CoverageEarnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastCBNKCapital Bancorp4.1908 of 5 stars$35.46+1.1%$34.50-2.7%+32.0%$584.15M$244.71M14.30270Upcoming EarningsBITFBitfarms3.0561 of 5 stars$1.13+8.7%$3.95+249.6%-52.3%$579.85M$192.88M-5.95110Options VolumeMPBMid Penn Bancorp4.4313 of 5 stars$28.940.0%$36.00+24.4%-3.6%$560.35M$309.08M10.05620News CoverageEarnings ReportDividend AnnouncementALRSAlerus Financial4.4374 of 5 stars$22.03-0.1%$23.00+4.4%-1.3%$559.57M$336.51M18.06840Upcoming EarningsSHBIShore Bancshares4.7341 of 5 stars$16.59-0.7%$20.00+20.6%+9.6%$557.35M$207.03M11.13450News CoveragePositive NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst UpgradeQDQudian1.9619 of 5 stars$3.35+4.9%N/A+70.4%$538.12M$29.65M13.94940BCALCalifornia BanCorp2.1971 of 5 stars$16.37+0.1%$19.50+19.1%+6.0%$530.28M$184.56M36.38204Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsUNTYUnity Bancorp4.1002 of 5 stars$53.22+1.1%$56.50+6.2%+44.6%$527.84M$164.21M10.77230Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies loanDepot Competitors SmartFinancial Competitors Capital Bancorp Competitors Bitfarms Competitors Mid Penn Bancorp Competitors Alerus Financial Competitors Shore Bancshares Competitors Qudian Competitors California BanCorp Competitors Unity Bancorp Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:PEBK) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhy AMZN, GOOG, MSFT might destroy NVDAInvesting Legend Hints the End May be Near for These 3 Iconic Stocks Futurist Eric Fry say Amazon, Tesla an...InvestorPlace | SponsoredCritical AI announcement set to ignite AI 2.0 I just put together an urgent new presentation that you need to see right away. 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