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NASDAQ:PFC

Premier Financial (PFC) Competitors

$17.10
+0.04 (+0.23%)
(As of 10/2/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$16.89
$17.16
50-Day Range
$16.63
$22.13
52-Week Range
$13.60
$30.80
Volume
159,871 shs
Average Volume
171,072 shs
Market Capitalization
$610.98 million
P/E Ratio
5.09
Dividend Yield
7.25%
Price Target
$27.00

PFC vs. OSBC, CTBI, CCB, GSBC, HBT, EGBN, FCBC, FMBH, AMAL, and HTBK

Should you be buying Premier Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Premier Financial include Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), Coastal Financial (CCB), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), HBT Financial (HBT), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), and Heritage Commerce (HTBK). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.

Premier Financial vs.

Premier Financial (NASDAQ:PFC) and Old Second Bancorp (NASDAQ:OSBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Premier Financial currently has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 57.89%. Old Second Bancorp has a consensus price target of $18.67, indicating a potential upside of 37.86%. Given Premier Financial's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Premier Financial is more favorable than Old Second Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Premier Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Old Second Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25

Premier Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Old Second Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Premier Financial pays out 36.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Old Second Bancorp pays out 9.9% 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.

Old Second Bancorp received 304 more outperform votes than Premier Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.60% of users gave Old Second Bancorp an outperform vote while only 46.43% of users gave Premier Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Premier FinancialOutperform Votes
13
46.43%
Underperform Votes
15
53.57%
Old Second BancorpOutperform Votes
317
58.60%
Underperform Votes
224
41.40%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Premier Financial$339.87M1.80$102.19M$3.365.09
Old Second Bancorp$259.59M2.33$67.40M$2.036.67

Premier Financial has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Old Second Bancorp has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Old Second Bancorp has a net margin of 30.18% compared to Premier Financial's net margin of 28.25%. Old Second Bancorp's return on equity of 19.45% beat Premier Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Premier Financial28.25% 11.11% 1.18%
Old Second Bancorp 30.18%19.45%1.57%

65.3% of Premier Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.9% of Old Second Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Premier Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Old Second Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Premier Financial had 4 more articles in the media than Old Second Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Premier Financial and 1 mentions for Old Second Bancorp. Old Second Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Premier Financial's score of 0.83 indicating that Old Second Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Premier Financial Positive
Old Second Bancorp Very Positive

Summary

Old Second Bancorp beats Premier Financial on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.


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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PFC vs. The Competition

MetricPremier FinancialState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$610.98M$1.97B$6.82B$6.32B
Dividend Yield7.27%30.70%14.23%7.81%
P/E Ratio5.097.5359.5012.25
Price / Sales1.802.143,427.9453.50
Price / Cash4.856.4933.1222.76
Price / Book0.690.992.004.68
Net Income$102.19M$386.93M$728.44M$181.37M
7 Day Performance0.29%-1.56%-1.51%3.29%
1 Month Performance-11.40%-6.47%-1.03%-5.54%
1 Year Performance-33.46%-15.51%7.88%5.48%

Premier Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OSBC
Old Second Bancorp
2.8052 of 5 stars
$13.55
-0.9%
$18.67
+37.8%
+3.8%$605.35M$278.15M6.67819Positive News
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
2.9322 of 5 stars
$34.14
-0.7%
N/A-14.8%$614.18M$255.66M7.59975Short Interest ↑
Positive News
CCB
Coastal Financial
2.7628 of 5 stars
$44.09
-0.9%
$61.67
+39.9%
+8.6%$586.40M$316.85M12.11482Short Interest ↑
GSBC
Great Southern Bancorp
2.2013 of 5 stars
$48.48
-0.8%
N/A-16.5%$579.34M$261.12M7.471,124Short Interest ↑
Positive News
HBT
HBT Financial
2.2869 of 5 stars
$17.87
+0.4%
$20.75
+16.1%
-1.1%$569.16M$187.77M8.89711News Coverage
EGBN
Eagle Bancorp
2.4875 of 5 stars
$21.46
-1.2%
$34.00
+58.4%
-52.8%$641.87M$448.27M5.11465Dividend Announcement
Positive News
High Trading Volume
FCBC
First Community Bankshares
2.0816 of 5 stars
$29.41
-2.0%
$33.00
+12.2%
-6.8%$552.61M$151.50M10.32638News Coverage
Positive News
FMBH
First Mid Bancshares
2.693 of 5 stars
$26.37
-1.1%
$36.40
+38.0%
-17.0%$541.64M$290.57M7.281,070
AMAL
Amalgamated Financial
2.6148 of 5 stars
$17.33
-2.1%
$24.83
+43.3%
-24.4%$527.87M$282.39M5.91409
HTBK
Heritage Commerce
2.7372 of 5 stars
$8.28
-1.1%
$12.00
+44.9%
-26.1%$511.33M$205.72M6.79347Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:PFC) was last updated on 10/3/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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