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Peoples Bancorp (PEBO) Competitors

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$29.46 -0.35 (-1.17%)
Closing price 05/22/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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PEBO vs. ABCB, BANF, IBOC, TCBI, FBP, FULT, CATY, CBU, FIBK, and BOH

Should you be buying Peoples Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Peoples Bancorp include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), BancFirst (BANF), International Bancshares (IBOC), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), First BanCorp. (FBP), Fulton Financial (FULT), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), Community Bank System (CBU), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), and Bank of Hawaii (BOH). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Peoples Bancorp vs.

Peoples Bancorp (NASDAQ:PEBO) and Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Peoples Bancorp's net margin of 18.90%. Peoples Bancorp's return on equity of 11.07% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Peoples Bancorp18.90% 11.07% 1.31%
Ameris Bancorp 21.46%9.57%1.32%

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 9 more articles in the media than Peoples Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 2 mentions for Peoples Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Peoples Bancorp's score of 1.13 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Peoples Bancorp
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ameris Bancorp
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Peoples Bancorp$443.50M2.37$117.21M$3.159.35
Ameris Bancorp$1.12B3.76$358.68M$5.4011.36

60.7% of Peoples Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Peoples Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Ameris Bancorp received 141 more outperform votes than Peoples Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.56% of users gave Ameris Bancorp an outperform vote while only 56.03% of users gave Peoples Bancorp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Peoples BancorpOutperform Votes
274
56.03%
Underperform Votes
215
43.97%
Ameris BancorpOutperform Votes
415
65.56%
Underperform Votes
218
34.44%

Peoples Bancorp has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Peoples Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.20%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus target price of $71.43, indicating a potential upside of 16.42%. Given Peoples Bancorp's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Peoples Bancorp is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Peoples Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Peoples Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Peoples Bancorp pays out 52.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% 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. Peoples Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Peoples Bancorp on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PEBO vs. The Competition

MetricPeoples BancorpState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.05B$3.24B$11.48B$8.39B
Dividend Yield5.29%3.70%5.45%4.10%
P/E Ratio8.9023.7222.4219.70
Price / Sales2.373.0627.60122.35
Price / Cash8.3910.6317.6234.62
Price / Book0.991.192.774.50
Net Income$117.21M$372.21M$1.03B$248.22M
7 Day Performance-4.41%-2.60%-1.34%-0.80%
1 Month Performance3.44%3.15%5.23%11.52%
1 Year Performance0.55%17.69%538.04%8.99%

Peoples Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PEBO
Peoples Bancorp
3.7683 of 5 stars
$29.46
-1.2%
$36.00
+22.2%
-1.2%$1.05B$443.50M8.901,270Positive News
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
4.1801 of 5 stars
$63.23
-0.3%
$71.43
+13.0%
+23.9%$4.36B$1.12B12.142,850Positive News
BANF
BancFirst
1.7951 of 5 stars
$129.96
+1.1%
$113.33
-12.8%
+38.7%$4.32B$645.29M20.182,050News Coverage
Insider Trade
IBOC
International Bancshares
3.3072 of 5 stars
$65.31
+0.2%
N/A+7.8%$4.06B$826.01M10.162,170News Coverage
Positive News
TCBI
Texas Capital Bancshares
3.0462 of 5 stars
$75.61
-0.3%
$76.64
+1.4%
+20.2%$3.48B$956.50M59.072,200News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FBP
First BanCorp.
3.7167 of 5 stars
$20.92
-0.1%
$22.80
+9.0%
+12.6%$3.38B$921.96M11.563,130Positive News
FULT
Fulton Financial
3.9182 of 5 stars
$18.00
-1.1%
$20.30
+12.8%
+1.5%$3.27B$1.23B11.463,300News Coverage
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
4.5888 of 5 stars
$44.12
-0.2%
$49.60
+12.4%
+16.4%$3.09B$742.38M11.141,180News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CBU
Community Bank System
4.8499 of 5 stars
$57.76
-0.5%
$71.00
+22.9%
+18.0%$3.05B$765.28M16.793,030Positive News
FIBK
First Interstate BancSystem
4.8097 of 5 stars
$27.51
-0.4%
$35.00
+27.2%
-4.6%$2.88B$1.00B12.563,780Positive News
BOH
Bank of Hawaii
4.0049 of 5 stars
$69.86
-0.2%
$73.17
+4.7%
+16.0%$2.78B$645.90M20.192,080Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:PEBO) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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