Peoples Bancorp (PEBO) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Peoples Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" PEBO shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in PEBO, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Peoples Bancorp's stock. Their PEBO share price forecasts range from $28.00 to $35.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $31.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 23.0% from the stock's current price.
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Peoples Bancorp's stock was trading at $28.25 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, PEBO stock has decreased by 10.8% and is now trading at $25.20.
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Peoples Bancorp saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 782,100 shares, an increase of 22.5% from the August 15th total of 638,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 109,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 7.1 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 24th 2023.
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Peoples Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:PEBO) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 25th. The bank reported $0.83 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.12. The bank earned $106.31 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $101.30 million. Peoples Bancorp had a net margin of 24.09% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.09%.

Peoples Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 24th. Investors of record on Monday, August 7th will be given a dividend of $0.39 per share on Monday, August 21st. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 4th.
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Peoples Bancorp (NASDAQ:PEBO) pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.18%. PEBO has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 8 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 44.96%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, PEBO will have a dividend payout ratio of 44.19% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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8 employees have rated Peoples Bancorp Chief Executive Officer Chuck Sulerzyski on Glassdoor.com. Chuck Sulerzyski has an approval rating of 78% among the company's employees.

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Peoples Bancorp trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PEBO."

Peoples Bancorp's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.61%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (6.60%), Franklin Resources Inc. (4.60%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.92%), State Street Corp (2.67%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.90%). Insiders that own company stock include Charles W Sulerzyski, David L Mead, Dwight Eric Smith, Frances A Skinner, Frances A Skinner, George W Broughton, James S Huggins, Kevin R Reeves, Michael N Vittorio, Michael Ryan Kirkham, S Craig Beam and Susan D Rector.
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Shares of PEBO stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of PEBO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.20.

Peoples Bancorp (NASDAQ:PEBO) has a market capitalization of $891.32 million and generates $348.39 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $101.29 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.47 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,267 workers across the globe.

Peoples Bancorp's mailing address is 138 PUTNAM ST P O BOX 738, MARIETTA OH, 45750. The official website for the company is www.peoplesbancorp.com. The bank can be reached via phone at (740) 373-3155 or via fax at 740-374-2020.