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Peoples Financial Services (PFIS) Competitors

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$47.38 +0.20 (+0.41%)
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PFIS vs. CCNE, CTBI, FCBC, FMBH, GSBC, MBWM, STBA, THFF, UVSP, and TMP

Should you be buying Peoples Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Peoples Financial Services include CNB Financial (CCNE), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Community Bancshares (FCBC), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), S&T Bancorp (STBA), First Financial Corporation Indiana (THFF), Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (UVSP), and Tompkins Financial (TMP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Peoples Financial Services vs. Its Competitors

Peoples Financial Services (NASDAQ:PFIS) and CNB Financial (NASDAQ:CCNE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Peoples Financial Services$229.80M2.06$8.50M$3.3514.14
CNB Financial$231.04M3.09$54.58M$2.3810.17

Peoples Financial Services has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CNB Financial has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Peoples Financial Services currently has a consensus target price of $53.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.87%. CNB Financial has a consensus target price of $27.75, suggesting a potential upside of 14.69%. Given CNB Financial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CNB Financial is more favorable than Peoples Financial Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Peoples Financial Services
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
CNB Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

In the previous week, CNB Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Peoples Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for CNB Financial and 0 mentions for Peoples Financial Services. Peoples Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat CNB Financial's score of -0.50 indicating that Peoples Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Peoples Financial Services Neutral
CNB Financial Negative

Peoples Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $2.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. CNB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Peoples Financial Services pays out 73.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CNB Financial pays out 30.3% 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. Peoples Financial Services has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years and CNB Financial has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Peoples Financial Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

31.7% of Peoples Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of CNB Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Peoples Financial Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of CNB Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

CNB Financial has a net margin of 14.56% compared to Peoples Financial Services' net margin of 11.80%. Peoples Financial Services' return on equity of 12.20% beat CNB Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Peoples Financial Services11.80% 12.20% 1.14%
CNB Financial 14.56%9.79%0.89%

Summary

Peoples Financial Services beats CNB Financial on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PFIS vs. The Competition

MetricPeoples Financial ServicesBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$473.33M$887.51M$12.58B$10.62B
Dividend Yield5.32%3.21%5.61%4.85%
P/E Ratio14.1416.7721.3327.21
Price / Sales2.062.2729.85194.47
Price / Cash15.1622.0519.3430.35
Price / Book1.011.112.276.64
Net Income$8.50M$54.82M$1.02B$276.26M
7 Day Performance-0.99%-1.65%-0.47%0.43%
1 Month Performance-7.67%-3.74%-1.24%4.29%
1 Year Performance2.21%8.64%572.50%32.76%

Peoples Financial Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PFIS
Peoples Financial Services
2.7158 of 5 stars
$47.38
+0.4%
$53.00
+11.9%
-2.9%$473.33M$229.80M14.14400
CCNE
CNB Financial
4.474 of 5 stars
$23.86
+1.1%
$27.75
+16.3%
-2.1%$695.61M$364.58M10.03760Short Interest ↑
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
4.3055 of 5 stars
$54.35
+1.9%
$64.50
+18.7%
+0.9%$965.66M$376.01M10.70980Positive News
Earnings Report
FCBC
First Community Bancshares
2.1478 of 5 stars
$33.05
+1.4%
N/A-25.1%$596.70M$185.53M12.11630News Coverage
Negative News
Upcoming Earnings
FMBH
First Mid Bancshares
3.171 of 5 stars
$35.97
+1.5%
$43.33
+20.5%
-8.1%$850.47M$453.67M10.221,198
GSBC
Great Southern Bancorp
2.6052 of 5 stars
$60.57
+2.5%
$60.50
-0.1%
-1.6%$669.62M$355.26M10.321,108Positive News
Earnings Report
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
4.3564 of 5 stars
$45.08
+2.1%
$55.25
+22.6%
-1.7%$717.38M$361.89M8.94670News Coverage
Earnings Report
Gap Up
STBA
S&T Bancorp
4.2708 of 5 stars
$35.81
+0.9%
$42.00
+17.3%
-9.8%$1.36B$564.96M10.501,206Upcoming Earnings
THFF
First Financial Corporation Indiana
3.899 of 5 stars
$53.11
+2.0%
$57.67
+8.6%
+23.4%$616.83M$307.51M10.15880News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
UVSP
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
3.4016 of 5 stars
$29.07
+1.9%
$29.00
-0.2%
+4.4%$822.10M$500.41M10.61970Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TMP
Tompkins Financial
3.3476 of 5 stars
$64.18
+1.7%
$70.00
+9.1%
N/A$911.10M$435.70M11.581,011Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:PFIS) was last updated on 10/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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