Peapack-Gladstone Financial (PGC) Competitors

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$45.80 +1.12 (+2.51%)
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PGC vs. BUSE, FFBC, OCFC, STBA, and THFF

Should you buy Peapack-Gladstone Financial stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares Peapack-Gladstone Financial with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with Peapack-Gladstone Financial include First Busey (BUSE), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), S&T Bancorp (STBA), and First Financial Corporation Indiana (THFF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

How does Peapack-Gladstone Financial compare to First Busey?

First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) and Peapack-Gladstone Financial (NASDAQ:PGC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.

First Busey presently has a consensus price target of $27.50, indicating a potential downside of 4.78%. Peapack-Gladstone Financial has a consensus price target of $40.50, indicating a potential downside of 11.57%. Given First Busey's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe First Busey is more favorable than Peapack-Gladstone Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First Busey
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
Peapack-Gladstone Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

56.5% of First Busey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of First Busey shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

First Busey has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Peapack-Gladstone Financial has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the broader market.

First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. First Busey pays out 46.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays out 8.1% 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. First Busey has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. First Busey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

First Busey has higher revenue and earnings than Peapack-Gladstone Financial. First Busey 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
First Busey$790.86M3.09$135.26M$2.2512.84
Peapack-Gladstone Financial$444.61M1.83$37.33M$2.4818.47

First Busey has a net margin of 19.16% compared to Peapack-Gladstone Financial's net margin of 9.60%. First Busey's return on equity of 10.19% beat Peapack-Gladstone Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Busey19.16% 10.19% 1.36%
Peapack-Gladstone Financial 9.60%6.75%0.59%

In the previous week, First Busey had 1 more articles in the media than Peapack-Gladstone Financial. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for First Busey and 1 mentions for Peapack-Gladstone Financial. First Busey's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Peapack-Gladstone Financial's score of 0.87 indicating that First Busey is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First Busey
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Peapack-Gladstone Financial
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

First Busey beats Peapack-Gladstone Financial on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Peapack-Gladstone Financial compare to First Financial Bancorp.?

Peapack-Gladstone Financial (NASDAQ:PGC) and First Financial Bancorp. (NASDAQ:FFBC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays out 8.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Financial Bancorp. pays out 35.3% 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. First Financial Bancorp. has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. First Financial Bancorp. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

72.8% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Peapack-Gladstone Financial has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, First Financial Bancorp. has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the broader market.

Peapack-Gladstone Financial currently has a consensus price target of $40.50, suggesting a potential downside of 11.57%. First Financial Bancorp. has a consensus price target of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.63%. Given First Financial Bancorp.'s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Financial Bancorp. is more favorable than Peapack-Gladstone Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Peapack-Gladstone Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
First Financial Bancorp.
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

First Financial Bancorp. has a net margin of 20.92% compared to Peapack-Gladstone Financial's net margin of 9.60%. First Financial Bancorp.'s return on equity of 11.09% beat Peapack-Gladstone Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Peapack-Gladstone Financial9.60% 6.75% 0.59%
First Financial Bancorp. 20.92%11.09%1.49%

In the previous week, First Financial Bancorp. had 1 more articles in the media than Peapack-Gladstone Financial. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for First Financial Bancorp. and 1 mentions for Peapack-Gladstone Financial. Peapack-Gladstone Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat First Financial Bancorp.'s score of 0.47 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
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Financial Bancorp.
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

First Financial Bancorp. has higher revenue and earnings than Peapack-Gladstone Financial. First Financial Bancorp. 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$444.61M1.83$37.33M$2.4818.47
First Financial Bancorp.$1.26B2.71$255.60M$2.8311.47

Summary

First Financial Bancorp. beats Peapack-Gladstone Financial on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Peapack-Gladstone Financial compare to OceanFirst Financial?

OceanFirst Financial (NASDAQ:OCFC) and Peapack-Gladstone Financial (NASDAQ:PGC) 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, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.

OceanFirst Financial presently has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.27%. Peapack-Gladstone Financial has a consensus target price of $40.50, suggesting a potential downside of 11.57%. Given OceanFirst Financial's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe OceanFirst Financial is more favorable than Peapack-Gladstone Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
OceanFirst Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
Peapack-Gladstone Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

71.0% of OceanFirst Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of OceanFirst Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

OceanFirst Financial has a net margin of 10.04% compared to Peapack-Gladstone Financial's net margin of 9.60%. Peapack-Gladstone Financial's return on equity of 6.75% beat OceanFirst Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
OceanFirst Financial10.04% 5.35% 0.63%
Peapack-Gladstone Financial 9.60%6.75%0.59%

In the previous week, OceanFirst Financial and OceanFirst Financial both had 1 articles in the media. Peapack-Gladstone Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat OceanFirst Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Peapack-Gladstone Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
OceanFirst Financial
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Peapack-Gladstone Financial
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

OceanFirst Financial has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Peapack-Gladstone Financial has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the broader market.

OceanFirst Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. OceanFirst Financial pays out 68.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays out 8.1% 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.

OceanFirst Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Peapack-Gladstone Financial. OceanFirst Financial 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
OceanFirst Financial$687.16M1.55$70.98M$1.1715.85
Peapack-Gladstone Financial$444.61M1.83$37.33M$2.4818.47

Summary

Peapack-Gladstone Financial beats OceanFirst Financial on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Peapack-Gladstone Financial compare to S&T Bancorp?

S&T Bancorp (NASDAQ:STBA) and Peapack-Gladstone Financial (NASDAQ:PGC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings and profitability.

S&T Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $44.40, indicating a potential downside of 7.81%. Peapack-Gladstone Financial has a consensus price target of $40.50, indicating a potential downside of 11.57%. Given S&T Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe S&T Bancorp is more favorable than Peapack-Gladstone Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
S&T Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
Peapack-Gladstone Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

65.2% of S&T Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of S&T Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% 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.

S&T Bancorp has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Peapack-Gladstone Financial has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the broader market.

S&T Bancorp has a net margin of 23.71% compared to Peapack-Gladstone Financial's net margin of 9.60%. S&T Bancorp's return on equity of 9.35% beat Peapack-Gladstone Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
S&T Bancorp23.71% 9.35% 1.38%
Peapack-Gladstone Financial 9.60%6.75%0.59%

S&T Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. S&T Bancorp pays out 41.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays out 8.1% 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. S&T Bancorp has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. S&T Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, S&T Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Peapack-Gladstone Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for S&T Bancorp and 1 mentions for Peapack-Gladstone Financial. Peapack-Gladstone Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat S&T Bancorp's score of 0.42 indicating that Peapack-Gladstone Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
S&T Bancorp
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Peapack-Gladstone Financial
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

S&T Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Peapack-Gladstone Financial. S&T Bancorp 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
S&T Bancorp$568.51M3.05$134.23M$3.5713.49
Peapack-Gladstone Financial$444.61M1.83$37.33M$2.4818.47

Summary

S&T Bancorp beats Peapack-Gladstone Financial on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Peapack-Gladstone Financial compare to First Financial Corporation Indiana?

Peapack-Gladstone Financial (NASDAQ:PGC) and First Financial Corporation Indiana (NASDAQ:THFF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Peapack-Gladstone Financial has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, First Financial Corporation Indiana has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, Peapack-Gladstone Financial and Peapack-Gladstone Financial both had 1 articles in the media. First Financial Corporation Indiana's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Peapack-Gladstone Financial's score of 0.87 indicating that First Financial Corporation Indiana is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Positive
First Financial Corporation Indiana Positive

First Financial Corporation Indiana has a net margin of 22.82% compared to Peapack-Gladstone Financial's net margin of 9.60%. First Financial Corporation Indiana's return on equity of 12.81% beat Peapack-Gladstone Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Peapack-Gladstone Financial9.60% 6.75% 0.59%
First Financial Corporation Indiana 22.82%12.81%1.39%

Peapack-Gladstone Financial currently has a consensus target price of $40.50, indicating a potential downside of 11.57%. First Financial Corporation Indiana has a consensus target price of $70.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.82%. Given First Financial Corporation Indiana's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First Financial Corporation Indiana is more favorable than Peapack-Gladstone Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Peapack-Gladstone Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
First Financial Corporation Indiana
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

72.8% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.7% of First Financial Corporation Indiana shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of First Financial Corporation Indiana shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. First Financial Corporation Indiana pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays out 8.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Financial Corporation Indiana pays out 32.9% 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. First Financial Corporation Indiana has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. First Financial Corporation Indiana is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

First Financial Corporation Indiana has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Peapack-Gladstone Financial. First Financial Corporation Indiana 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$444.61M1.83$37.33M$2.4818.47
First Financial Corporation Indiana$347.56M2.57$79.21M$6.8011.05

Summary

First Financial Corporation Indiana beats Peapack-Gladstone Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PGC vs. The Competition

MetricPeapack-Gladstone FinancialBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$791.66M$1.16B$13.98B$12.39B
Dividend Yield0.45%2.59%5.76%5.83%
P/E Ratio18.4719.0920.2323.97
Price / Sales1.832.52143.83109.59
Price / Cash16.2625.0319.5254.51
Price / Book1.221.262.256.50
Net Income$37.33M$75.93M$1.14B$336.88M
7 Day Performance1.22%1.74%-0.21%-0.22%
1 Month Performance6.93%4.90%1.13%0.77%
1 Year Performance67.21%31.68%15.50%31.57%

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PGC
Peapack-Gladstone Financial
3.5148 of 5 stars
$45.80
+2.5%
$40.50
-11.6%
+68.1%$791.66M$444.61M18.47500
BUSE
First Busey
4.2977 of 5 stars
$28.31
+0.2%
$27.50
-2.8%
+27.5%$2.39B$1.04B12.581,948
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
3.0678 of 5 stars
$31.76
+0.2%
$33.00
+3.9%
+38.0%$3.33B$1.26B11.222,199
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
3.6357 of 5 stars
$18.18
+0.1%
$21.00
+15.5%
+8.7%$1.05B$687.16M15.53960
STBA
S&T Bancorp
2.5675 of 5 stars
$47.03
-0.5%
$44.40
-5.6%
+31.4%$1.69B$568.51M13.171,209

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