Preferred Bank (PFBC) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, GBCI or PFBC?

Glacier Bancorp has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Preferred Bank has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend GBCI or PFBC?

Glacier Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $50.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.10%. Preferred Bank has a consensus price target of $92.33, indicating a potential upside of 9.61%. Given Glacier Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Glacier Bancorp is more favorable than Preferred Bank.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Glacier Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Preferred Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media prefer GBCI or PFBC?

In the previous week, Glacier Bancorp and Glacier Bancorp both had 3 articles in the media. Preferred Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Glacier Bancorp's score of 1.14 indicating that Preferred Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Glacier Bancorp	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Preferred Bank	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, GBCI or PFBC?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Glacier Bancorp	$836.32M	5.80	$190.14M	$1.86	22.96
Preferred Bank	$279.05M	4.36	$130.66M	$9.42	8.94

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GBCI or PFBC?

80.2% of Glacier Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Preferred Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Glacier Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is GBCI or PFBC more profitable?

Preferred Bank has a net margin of 25.00% compared to Glacier Bancorp's net margin of 14.99%. Preferred Bank's return on equity of 17.80% beat Glacier Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Glacier Bancorp	14.99%	5.98%	0.68%
Preferred Bank	25.00%	17.80%	1.91%

Is GBCI or PFBC a better dividend stock?

Glacier Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Preferred Bank pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Glacier Bancorp pays out 71.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Preferred Bank pays out 31.8% 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. Preferred Bank has increased 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GBCI or PFBC?

Preferred Bank received 65 more outperform votes than Glacier Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.13% of users gave Preferred Bank an outperform vote while only 49.35% of users gave Glacier Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Glacier Bancorp	Outperform Votes 265 49.35%	Underperform Votes 272 50.65%
Preferred Bank	Outperform Votes 330 66.13%	Underperform Votes 169 33.87%

Summary

Glacier Bancorp beats Preferred Bank on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.