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Peapack-Gladstone Financial (PGC) Competitors

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

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), City (CHCO), First Bancorp (FBNC), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Lakeland Financial (LKFN), 1st Source (SRCE), German American Bancorp (GABC), S&T Bancorp (STBA), and National Bank (NBHC). 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

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$235.29M2.01$32.99M$1.8014.85
Enterprise Financial Services$539.14M3.57$185.27M$5.1010.23

Peapack-Gladstone Financial currently has a consensus target price of $37.33, suggesting a potential upside of 39.69%. Enterprise Financial Services has a consensus target price of $64.33, suggesting a potential upside of 23.32%. Given Peapack-Gladstone Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly 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, Peapack-Gladstone Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Enterprise Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Peapack-Gladstone Financial and 7 mentions for Enterprise Financial Services. Enterprise Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Peapack-Gladstone Financial's score of 0.72 indicating that Enterprise Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Enterprise Financial Services received 96 more outperform votes than Peapack-Gladstone Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.54% 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
61.54%
Underperform Votes
120
38.46%
Enterprise Financial ServicesOutperform Votes
288
57.49%
Underperform Votes
213
42.51%

Peapack-Gladstone Financial has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enterprise Financial Services has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

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

Summary

Enterprise Financial Services beats Peapack-Gladstone Financial on 12 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$474.00M$40.27B$11.42B$8.28B
Dividend Yield0.68%3.96%5.45%4.10%
P/E Ratio14.459.6322.3519.58
Price / Sales2.011.7227.49119.65
Price / Cash8.839.6317.6234.62
Price / Book0.821.412.764.47
Net Income$32.99M$3.43B$1.03B$248.22M
7 Day Performance-7.62%1.13%-1.56%-1.32%
1 Month Performance-1.13%6.71%4.95%10.73%
1 Year Performance18.78%35.92%537.65%8.40%

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PGC
Peapack-Gladstone Financial
4.3877 of 5 stars
$26.73
-1.3%
$37.33
+39.7%
+14.0%$474.00M$235.29M14.45500News Coverage
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EFSC
Enterprise Financial Services
4.4288 of 5 stars
$54.50
+2.3%
$64.33
+18.0%
+34.1%$2.01B$539.14M11.261,030
OFG
OFG Bancorp
2.7651 of 5 stars
$42.42
+2.8%
$45.50
+7.3%
+11.6%$1.93B$665.65M10.052,250Positive News
CHCO
City
1.7926 of 5 stars
$121.48
+2.3%
$127.50
+5.0%
+15.6%$1.79B$287.36M15.40910Positive News
FBNC
First Bancorp
2.5103 of 5 stars
$42.77
+2.3%
$50.00
+16.9%
+28.1%$1.77B$357.46M23.241,290Positive News
Gap Up
FCF
First Commonwealth Financial
3.7304 of 5 stars
$16.00
+2.2%
$18.92
+18.2%
+12.2%$1.63B$479.86M11.511,400Positive News
LKFN
Lakeland Financial
3.3138 of 5 stars
$61.49
+3.3%
$68.50
+11.4%
-2.7%$1.57B$257.30M16.94650Positive News
SRCE
1st Source
3.5255 of 5 stars
$62.82
+2.9%
$72.00
+14.6%
+17.5%$1.54B$397.09M11.721,150Positive News
GABC
German American Bancorp
4.6567 of 5 stars
$39.61
+2.1%
$45.20
+14.1%
+14.6%$1.48B$235.52M14.05870Positive News
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.7952 of 5 stars
$38.74
+3.0%
$42.00
+8.4%
+11.4%$1.48B$381.33M11.361,180Positive News
NBHC
National Bank
3.8484 of 5 stars
$38.03
+2.8%
$46.00
+21.0%
-1.2%$1.45B$402.02M12.311,320Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:PGC) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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