Peoples Bancorp (PEBO) Competitors

Community Trust Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $63.50, suggesting a potential downside of 3.66%. Peoples Bancorp has a consensus target price of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.38%. Given Peoples Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Peoples Bancorp is more favorable than Community Trust Bancorp.

In the previous week, Community Trust Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Peoples Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Community Trust Bancorp and 5 mentions for Peoples Bancorp. Community Trust Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Peoples Bancorp's score of 0.89 indicating that Community Trust Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

60.2% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.7% of Peoples Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Peoples Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Community Trust Bancorp has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peoples Bancorp has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

Community Trust Bancorp has a net margin of 24.85% compared to Peoples Bancorp's net margin of 17.92%. Community Trust Bancorp's return on equity of 12.42% beat Peoples Bancorp's return on equity.

Community Trust Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Peoples Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Community Trust Bancorp pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Peoples Bancorp pays out 53.8% 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. Community Trust Bancorp has increased its dividend for 44 consecutive years and Peoples Bancorp has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years.

Peoples Bancorp has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Financial Bancorp. has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, First Financial Bancorp. had 9 more articles in the media than Peoples Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for First Financial Bancorp. and 5 mentions for Peoples Bancorp. Peoples Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat First Financial Bancorp.'s score of 0.48 indicating that Peoples Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Peoples Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.38%. First Financial Bancorp. has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.41%. Given First Financial Bancorp.'s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Financial Bancorp. is more favorable than Peoples Bancorp.

Peoples Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Peoples Bancorp pays out 53.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Financial Bancorp. pays out 35.3% 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 First Financial Bancorp. has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Peoples Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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

60.7% of Peoples Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Peoples Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

First Financial Bancorp. has a net margin of 20.92% compared to Peoples Bancorp's net margin of 17.92%. First Financial Bancorp.'s return on equity of 11.09% beat Peoples Bancorp's return on equity.

60.7% of Peoples Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of First Merchants shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Peoples Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of First Merchants shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

First Merchants has a net margin of 18.87% compared to Peoples Bancorp's net margin of 17.92%. First Merchants' return on equity of 9.85% beat Peoples Bancorp's return on equity.

Peoples Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. First Merchants pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Peoples Bancorp pays out 53.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Merchants pays out 42.4% 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 raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and First Merchants has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Peoples Bancorp has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Merchants has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Peoples Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than First Merchants. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Peoples Bancorp and 2 mentions for First Merchants. Peoples Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat First Merchants' score of 0.58 indicating that Peoples Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Peoples Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.38%. First Merchants has a consensus target price of $48.33, indicating a potential upside of 19.19%. Given First Merchants' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Merchants is more favorable than Peoples Bancorp.

Peoples Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Mercantile Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Peoples Bancorp pays out 53.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mercantile Bank pays out 28.0% 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 Mercantile Bank has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

60.7% of Peoples Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of Mercantile Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Peoples Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Mercantile Bank shares are held by 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.

Mercantile Bank has a net margin of 24.19% compared to Peoples Bancorp's net margin of 17.92%. Mercantile Bank's return on equity of 14.06% beat Peoples Bancorp's return on equity.

Peoples Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.38%. Mercantile Bank has a consensus target price of $56.20, indicating a potential upside of 8.10%. Given Peoples Bancorp's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Peoples Bancorp is more favorable than Mercantile Bank.

Peoples Bancorp has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercantile Bank has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

In the previous week, Peoples Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Mercantile Bank. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Peoples Bancorp and 2 mentions for Mercantile Bank. Mercantile Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Peoples Bancorp's score of 0.89 indicating that Mercantile Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.