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Preferred Bank (PFBC) Competitors

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$95.15 -0.15 (-0.16%)
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PFBC vs. ABCB, BANR, CATY, FFBC, FRME, HOPE, PPBI, STBA, TCBK, and FNB

Should you be buying Preferred Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Preferred Bank include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Banner (BANR), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), S&T Bancorp (STBA), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), and F.N.B. (FNB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Preferred Bank vs. Its Competitors

Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) and Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and valuation.

Preferred Bank has a net margin of 25.04% compared to Ameris Bancorp's net margin of 21.46%. Preferred Bank's return on equity of 16.64% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
Preferred Bank 25.04%16.64%1.80%

Ameris Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $72.14, indicating a potential downside of 2.00%. Preferred Bank has a consensus price target of $103.67, indicating a potential upside of 8.95%. Given Preferred Bank's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Preferred Bank is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Preferred Bank
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

In the previous week, Preferred Bank had 2 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Preferred Bank and 7 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Preferred Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 1.62 indicating that Preferred Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ameris Bancorp
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Preferred Bank
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Preferred Bank pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Preferred Bank pays out 31.7% 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. Preferred Bank has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Preferred Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Preferred Bank has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Ameris Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Preferred Bank. Preferred Bank 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
Ameris Bancorp$1.13B4.48$358.68M$5.6812.96
Preferred Bank$522.66M2.63$130.66M$9.4610.06

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Preferred Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% 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 is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Preferred Bank on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PFBC vs. The Competition

MetricPreferred BankBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.38B$2.02B$12.54B$9.80B
Dividend Yield3.15%3.30%5.43%4.02%
P/E Ratio10.0618.3719.4326.59
Price / Sales2.632.7426.35173.66
Price / Cash10.1212.0522.1759.36
Price / Book1.841.312.366.68
Net Income$130.66M$198.60M$1.01B$265.59M
7 Day Performance4.77%4.88%2.27%3.42%
1 Month Performance1.42%5.38%2.27%1.09%
1 Year Performance17.02%12.93%540.60%23.84%

Preferred Bank Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PFBC
Preferred Bank
2.5734 of 5 stars
$95.15
-0.2%
$103.67
+9.0%
+18.0%$1.38B$522.66M10.06280Positive News
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
2.9973 of 5 stars
$71.88
-0.2%
$72.14
+0.4%
+22.1%$4.93B$1.13B13.802,850Positive News
BANR
Banner
3.1276 of 5 stars
$67.04
-1.0%
$70.17
+4.7%
+14.7%$2.34B$832.99M12.771,956Positive News
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
3.8253 of 5 stars
$49.54
-1.2%
$49.71
+0.4%
+15.7%$3.47B$1.39B11.971,266Positive News
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.4873 of 5 stars
$26.50
-0.2%
$29.40
+10.9%
+2.3%$2.54B$1.62B10.602,090Insider Trade
FRME
First Merchants
4.8798 of 5 stars
$41.05
-1.7%
$48.25
+17.5%
+8.6%$2.41B$1.07B10.632,120News Coverage
Positive News
HOPE
Hope Bancorp
4.6612 of 5 stars
$11.00
-0.3%
$13.25
+20.5%
-11.4%$1.41B$1.00B31.431,244Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.6234 of 5 stars
$24.30
0.0%
$27.50
+13.2%
-3.1%$2.36B$905.41M17.111,325Positive News
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.7812 of 5 stars
$39.05
-0.4%
$42.00
+7.6%
-4.9%$1.50B$564.96M11.451,206Positive News
TCBK
TriCo Bancshares
2.5293 of 5 stars
$44.44
-1.0%
$47.60
+7.1%
+1.7%$1.46B$531.04M13.071,201News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Increase
FNB
F.N.B.
4.7917 of 5 stars
$16.46
-0.2%
$18.64
+13.3%
+15.7%$5.93B$2.57B12.864,280Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:PFBC) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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