PEBO vs. BANF, IBOC, TCBI, RNST, FBP, FULT, CATY, CBU, WSBC, and FIBK
Should you be buying Peoples Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Peoples Bancorp include BancFirst (BANF), International Bancshares (IBOC), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), Renasant (RNST), First BanCorp. (FBP), Fulton Financial (FULT), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), Community Bank System (CBU), WesBanco (WSBC), and First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Peoples Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Peoples Bancorp (NASDAQ:PEBO) and BancFirst (NASDAQ:BANF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, BancFirst had 3 more articles in the media than Peoples Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for BancFirst and 4 mentions for Peoples Bancorp. BancFirst's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Peoples Bancorp's score of 0.88 indicating that BancFirst is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Peoples Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. BancFirst pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Peoples Bancorp pays out 52.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BancFirst pays out 27.8% 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. Peoples Bancorp has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and BancFirst has increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years.
Peoples Bancorp received 54 more outperform votes than BancFirst when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.92% of users gave Peoples Bancorp an outperform vote while only 52.38% of users gave BancFirst an outperform vote.
Peoples Bancorp has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BancFirst has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BancFirst has higher revenue and earnings than Peoples Bancorp. Peoples Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BancFirst, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Peoples Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.41%. BancFirst has a consensus price target of $113.33, indicating a potential downside of 5.48%. Given Peoples Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Peoples Bancorp is more favorable than BancFirst.
BancFirst has a net margin of 23.52% compared to Peoples Bancorp's net margin of 18.90%. BancFirst's return on equity of 14.21% beat Peoples Bancorp's return on equity.
60.7% of Peoples Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.7% of BancFirst shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Peoples Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 32.4% of BancFirst shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
BancFirst beats Peoples Bancorp on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:PEBO) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
