PFBC vs. TCBK, STBA, PEBO, GABC, SRCE, RBCAA, BUSE, SYBT, SBSI, and FBNC
Should you be buying Preferred Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Preferred Bank include TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), German American Bancorp (GABC), 1st Source (SRCE), Republic Bancorp (RBCAA), First Busey (BUSE), Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), and First Bancorp (FBNC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC) and TriCo Bancshares (NASDAQ:TCBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and risk.
72.8% of Preferred Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.1% of TriCo Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of TriCo Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Preferred Bank has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TriCo Bancshares has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Preferred Bank currently has a consensus price target of $68.67, suggesting a potential downside of 4.95%. TriCo Bancshares has a consensus price target of $42.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.96%. Given TriCo Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TriCo Bancshares is more favorable than Preferred Bank.
Preferred Bank has a net margin of 30.93% compared to TriCo Bancshares' net margin of 23.49%. Preferred Bank's return on equity of 22.30% beat TriCo Bancshares' return on equity.
Preferred Bank pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. TriCo Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Preferred Bank pays out 26.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TriCo Bancshares pays out 37.5% 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 received 75 more outperform votes than TriCo Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.46% of users gave Preferred Bank an outperform vote while only 54.23% of users gave TriCo Bancshares an outperform vote.
Preferred Bank has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TriCo Bancshares. Preferred Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TriCo Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Preferred Bank had 4 more articles in the media than TriCo Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Preferred Bank and 2 mentions for TriCo Bancshares. Preferred Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat TriCo Bancshares' score of -0.33 indicating that Preferred Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Preferred Bank beats TriCo Bancshares on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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