PFBC vs. EGBN, CTBI, PEBO, GSBC, UVSP, GABC, SBSI, FCBC, RBCAA, and CCBG
Should you be buying Preferred Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Preferred Bank include Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Univest Financial (UVSP), German American Bancorp (GABC), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), Republic Bancorp (RBCAA), and Capital City Bank Group (CCBG). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Preferred Bank vs.
Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC) and Eagle Bancorp (NASDAQ:EGBN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
71.1% of Preferred Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.0% of Eagle Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Eagle Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Preferred Bank has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eagle Bancorp has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Eagle Bancorp received 13 more outperform votes than Preferred Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.80% of users gave Preferred Bank an outperform vote while only 61.16% of users gave Eagle Bancorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Preferred Bank had 3 more articles in the media than Eagle Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Preferred Bank and 0 mentions for Eagle Bancorp. Eagle Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Preferred Bank's score of 1.04 indicating that Eagle Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Preferred Bank pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Eagle Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Preferred Bank pays out 22.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eagle Bancorp pays out 44.6% 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 currently has a consensus target price of $73.25, suggesting a potential upside of 36.18%. Eagle Bancorp has a consensus target price of $33.50, suggesting a potential upside of 39.93%. Given Eagle Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Eagle Bancorp is more favorable than Preferred Bank.
Eagle Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Preferred Bank. Preferred Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eagle Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Preferred Bank has a net margin of 39.69% compared to Eagle Bancorp's net margin of 25.97%. Preferred Bank's return on equity of 22.83% beat Eagle Bancorp's return on equity.
Summary
Preferred Bank beats Eagle Bancorp on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PFBC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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