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. Its Competitors
Enterprise Financial Services (NASDAQ:EFSC) and Peapack-Gladstone Financial (NASDAQ:PGC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.
Enterprise Financial Services has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peapack-Gladstone Financial has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Enterprise Financial Services received 96 more outperform votes than Peapack-Gladstone Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.15% of users gave Peapack-Gladstone Financial an outperform vote while only 57.37% of users gave Enterprise Financial Services an outperform vote.
Enterprise Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Enterprise Financial Services pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays out 11.1% 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 increased 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.
72.2% of Enterprise Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Enterprise Financial Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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.
Enterprise Financial Services presently has a consensus target price of $64.33, indicating a potential upside of 23.01%. Peapack-Gladstone Financial has a consensus target price of $37.33, indicating a potential upside of 38.27%. Given Peapack-Gladstone Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Peapack-Gladstone Financial is more favorable than Enterprise Financial Services.
In the previous week, Enterprise Financial Services had 4 more articles in the media than Peapack-Gladstone Financial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Enterprise Financial Services and 3 mentions for Peapack-Gladstone Financial. Enterprise Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Peapack-Gladstone Financial's score of 1.03 indicating that Enterprise Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Enterprise Financial Services beats Peapack-Gladstone Financial on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:PGC) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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