PFC vs. CNOB, FMBH, DCOM, CTBI, LBAI, EGBN, OSBC, GSBC, CFB, and FCBC
Should you be buying Premier Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Premier Financial include ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), and First Community Bankshares (FCBC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Premier Financial (NASDAQ:PFC) and ConnectOne Bancorp (NASDAQ:CNOB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
66.1% of Premier Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of ConnectOne Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Premier Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of ConnectOne Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Premier Financial has a net margin of 24.39% compared to ConnectOne Bancorp's net margin of 17.26%. Premier Financial's return on equity of 9.76% beat ConnectOne Bancorp's return on equity.
ConnectOne Bancorp received 245 more outperform votes than Premier Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.00% of users gave ConnectOne Bancorp an outperform vote while only 42.42% of users gave Premier Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Premier Financial had 1 more articles in the media than ConnectOne Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Premier Financial and 7 mentions for ConnectOne Bancorp. ConnectOne Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Premier Financial's score of -0.02 indicating that ConnectOne Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Premier Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ConnectOne Bancorp. Premier Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ConnectOne Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Premier Financial currently has a consensus target price of $22.83, suggesting a potential upside of 12.04%. ConnectOne Bancorp has a consensus target price of $25.25, suggesting a potential upside of 27.98%. Given ConnectOne Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ConnectOne Bancorp is more favorable than Premier Financial.
Premier Financial has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ConnectOne Bancorp has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Premier Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. ConnectOne Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Premier Financial pays out 39.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ConnectOne Bancorp pays out 32.9% 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.
Summary
ConnectOne Bancorp beats Premier Financial on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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