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$47.17 -0.83 (-1.73%)
Closing price 10/7/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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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

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

52.4% of CNB Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.7% of Peoples Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of CNB Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Peoples Financial Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

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 1.00 beat CNB Financial's score of 0.37 indicating that Peoples Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
CNB Financial Neutral
Peoples Financial Services Positive

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

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
CNB Financial$364.58M1.97$54.58M$2.3810.21
Peoples Financial Services$229.80M2.05$8.50M$3.3514.08

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
CNB Financial14.56% 9.79% 0.89%
Peoples Financial Services 11.80%12.20%1.14%

CNB Financial presently has a consensus target price of $27.75, suggesting a potential upside of 14.15%. Peoples Financial Services has a consensus target price of $53.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.36%. 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
CNB Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Peoples Financial Services
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Summary

Peoples Financial Services beats CNB Financial on 10 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$479.74M$947.08M$12.73B$10.65B
Dividend Yield5.15%3.08%5.52%4.74%
P/E Ratio14.0816.9730.2426.85
Price / Sales2.052.1330.25135.13
Price / Cash15.6853.7822.6661.77
Price / Book1.011.132.296.70
Net Income$8.50M$54.76M$1.02B$276.44M
7 Day Performance-1.79%0.21%0.24%2.48%
1 Month Performance-10.39%-2.05%0.28%8.79%
1 Year Performance5.45%13.62%539.37%34.41%

Peoples Financial Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PFIS
Peoples Financial Services
2.9722 of 5 stars
$47.17
-1.7%
$53.00
+12.4%
+3.8%$479.74M$229.80M14.08400Positive News
CCNE
CNB Financial
4.7285 of 5 stars
$24.43
-2.0%
$27.75
+13.6%
+4.9%$734.81M$231.04M10.26760News Coverage
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
4.325 of 5 stars
$55.59
-1.6%
$64.50
+16.0%
+14.6%$1.02B$376.01M10.94980Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FCBC
First Community Bancshares
2.2521 of 5 stars
$34.52
-3.1%
N/A-18.5%$652.74M$185.53M12.64630
FMBH
First Mid Bancshares
3.5551 of 5 stars
$38.20
-1.7%
$43.33
+13.4%
-0.3%$932.30M$453.67M10.851,198Positive News
GSBC
Great Southern Bancorp
2.6308 of 5 stars
$61.02
-2.2%
$60.50
-0.9%
+11.1%$706.55M$355.26M10.401,108Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
4.2758 of 5 stars
$44.92
-1.9%
$55.25
+23.0%
+8.7%$744.19M$361.89M8.91670
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.6353 of 5 stars
$37.64
-1.6%
$42.00
+11.6%
-4.9%$1.47B$384.51M11.041,206
THFF
First Financial Corporation Indiana
3.8287 of 5 stars
$56.93
-1.5%
$57.67
+1.3%
+29.0%$685.09M$307.51M10.89880
UVSP
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
3.5256 of 5 stars
$30.16
-1.5%
$29.00
-3.8%
+10.8%$882.30M$500.41M11.01970Positive News
TMP
Tompkins Financial
2.869 of 5 stars
$66.47
-3.1%
$69.00
+3.8%
N/A$990.64M$435.70M12.001,011

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This page (NASDAQ:PFIS) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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