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Peapack-Gladstone Financial (PGC) Competitors

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PGC vs. EFSC, OFG, FBNC, CHCO, FCF, SRCE, LKFN, STBA, NBHC, and RBCAA

Should you be buying Peapack-Gladstone Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Peapack-Gladstone Financial include Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), OFG Bancorp (OFG), First Bancorp (FBNC), City (CHCO), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), 1st Source (SRCE), Lakeland Financial (LKFN), S&T Bancorp (STBA), National Bank (NBHC), and Republic Bancorp (RBCAA). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Peapack-Gladstone Financial vs.

Peapack-Gladstone Financial (NASDAQ:PGC) and Enterprise Financial Services (NASDAQ:EFSC) 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, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings and risk.

Enterprise Financial Services received 96 more outperform votes than Peapack-Gladstone Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.74% of users gave Peapack-Gladstone Financial an outperform vote while only 57.49% of users gave Enterprise Financial Services an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Peapack-Gladstone FinancialOutperform Votes
192
61.74%
Underperform Votes
119
38.26%
Enterprise Financial ServicesOutperform Votes
288
57.49%
Underperform Votes
213
42.51%

Enterprise Financial Services has a net margin of 20.12% compared to Peapack-Gladstone Financial's net margin of 8.11%. Enterprise Financial Services' return on equity of 10.94% beat Peapack-Gladstone Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Peapack-Gladstone Financial8.11% 5.57% 0.50%
Enterprise Financial Services 20.12%10.94%1.26%

Peapack-Gladstone Financial has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enterprise Financial Services has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Enterprise Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays out 11.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enterprise Financial Services pays out 23.5% 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. Enterprise Financial Services has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Enterprise Financial Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Peapack-Gladstone Financial$236.34M2.14$32.99M$1.8015.98
Enterprise Financial Services$541.33M3.62$185.27M$5.1010.39

72.8% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Enterprise Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Enterprise Financial Services shares are owned 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.

Peapack-Gladstone Financial currently has a consensus target price of $37.33, indicating a potential upside of 29.79%. Enterprise Financial Services has a consensus target price of $64.33, indicating a potential upside of 21.41%. Given Peapack-Gladstone Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Peapack-Gladstone Financial is more favorable than Enterprise Financial Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Peapack-Gladstone Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33
Enterprise Financial Services
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Enterprise Financial Services had 27 more articles in the media than Peapack-Gladstone Financial. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Enterprise Financial Services and 3 mentions for Peapack-Gladstone Financial. Peapack-Gladstone Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Enterprise Financial Services' score of 0.85 indicating that Peapack-Gladstone Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Peapack-Gladstone Financial
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Enterprise Financial Services
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Enterprise Financial Services beats Peapack-Gladstone Financial on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PGC vs. The Competition

MetricPeapack-Gladstone FinancialCommercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$505.89M$38.24B$11.26B$8.05B
Dividend Yield0.73%4.02%5.76%4.22%
P/E Ratio15.549.2422.3918.81
Price / Sales2.141.6526.40107.19
Price / Cash8.839.6317.6034.62
Price / Book0.881.352.714.35
Net Income$32.99M$3.43B$1.03B$247.85M
7 Day Performance4.60%0.99%1.73%2.85%
1 Month Performance-1.66%3.62%0.34%4.29%
1 Year Performance25.23%31.91%538.70%5.92%

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PGC
Peapack-Gladstone Financial
4.6259 of 5 stars
$28.77
+3.0%
$37.33
+29.8%
+24.8%$505.89M$236.34M15.54500Positive News
EFSC
Enterprise Financial Services
4.6697 of 5 stars
$51.99
+1.3%
$67.33
+29.5%
+34.4%$1.92B$531.45M10.741,030Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
OFG
OFG Bancorp
3.4021 of 5 stars
$39.01
+2.6%
$45.50
+16.6%
+11.8%$1.77B$677.55M9.242,250Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
FBNC
First Bancorp
2.0798 of 5 stars
$40.44
+0.9%
$50.00
+23.6%
+32.1%$1.67B$357.46M21.981,290Positive News
CHCO
City
1.2917 of 5 stars
$116.75
0.0%
$122.67
+5.1%
+11.9%$1.65B$287.36M14.80910Insider Trade
FCF
First Commonwealth Financial
3.12 of 5 stars
$15.31
+1.6%
$19.58
+27.9%
+15.2%$1.56B$478.12M11.011,400Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
SRCE
1st Source
3.7831 of 5 stars
$60.05
+3.7%
$72.00
+19.9%
+18.7%$1.47B$397.09M11.201,150Analyst Revision
LKFN
Lakeland Financial
2.7694 of 5 stars
$54.84
+2.5%
$65.50
+19.4%
-7.3%$1.43B$253.52M15.11650Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.8477 of 5 stars
$36.88
+2.4%
$42.00
+13.9%
+18.5%$1.41B$381.33M10.821,180Dividend Announcement
NBHC
National Bank
3.3949 of 5 stars
$35.87
+1.5%
$46.00
+28.2%
+8.5%$1.37B$405.04M11.611,320Dividend Increase
Analyst Downgrade
RBCAA
Republic Bancorp
1.652 of 5 stars
$68.02
+1.5%
$69.00
+1.4%
+33.8%$1.33B$378.96M13.011,010Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:PGC) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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