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$29.27 -0.11 (-0.37%)
Closing price 07/25/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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PEBK vs. LDI, SMBK, CBNK, BITF, MPB, ALRS, SHBI, QD, BCAL, and UNTY

Should 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 (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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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)
1.50
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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%

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 Ratio
loanDepot$831.14M0.70-$98.33M-$0.45-3.94
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina$108.45M1.47$16.35M$3.119.41

Summary

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina beats loanDepot on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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.
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PEBK vs. The Competition

MetricPeoples Bancorp of North CarolinaBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$160.40M$2.00B$12.26B$9.50B
Dividend Yield2.72%2.60%5.54%4.00%
P/E Ratio9.4111.9919.0620.08
Price / Sales1.472.5026.1199.95
Price / Cash8.3312.5921.6358.56
Price / Book1.221.202.205.88
Net Income$16.35M$154.64M$998.02M$258.89M
7 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

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PEBK
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina
3.056 of 5 stars
$29.27
-0.4%
N/A-8.0%$160.40M$108.45M9.41310Positive News
Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
LDI
loanDepot
1.0767 of 5 stars
$1.94
+3.3%
$2.05
+5.6%
-14.3%$620.23M$1.06B-4.324,900Trending News
Insider Trade
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
SMBK
SmartFinancial
2.9199 of 5 stars
$36.14
-0.4%
$33.70
-6.8%
+27.2%$617.24M$178.24M16.89550News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
CBNK
Capital Bancorp
4.1908 of 5 stars
$35.46
+1.1%
$34.50
-2.7%
+32.0%$584.15M$244.71M14.30270Upcoming Earnings
BITF
Bitfarms
3.0561 of 5 stars
$1.13
+8.7%
$3.95
+249.6%
-52.3%$579.85M$192.88M-5.95110Options Volume
MPB
Mid Penn Bancorp
4.4313 of 5 stars
$28.94
0.0%
$36.00
+24.4%
-3.6%$560.35M$309.08M10.05620News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
ALRS
Alerus Financial
4.4374 of 5 stars
$22.03
-0.1%
$23.00
+4.4%
-1.3%$559.57M$336.51M18.06840Upcoming Earnings
SHBI
Shore Bancshares
4.7341 of 5 stars
$16.59
-0.7%
$20.00
+20.6%
+9.6%$557.35M$207.03M11.13450News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
QD
Qudian
1.9619 of 5 stars
$3.35
+4.9%
N/A+70.4%$538.12M$29.65M13.94940
BCAL
California BanCorp
2.1971 of 5 stars
$16.37
+0.1%
$19.50
+19.1%
+6.0%$530.28M$184.56M36.38204Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
UNTY
Unity Bancorp
4.1002 of 5 stars
$53.22
+1.1%
$56.50
+6.2%
+44.6%$527.84M$164.21M10.77230Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:PEBK) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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