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PGC vs. BUSE, FFBC, GSBC, STBA, TCBK, TOWN, UVSP, WSBC, PFS, and TMP

Should you be buying Peapack-Gladstone Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Peapack-Gladstone Financial include First Busey (BUSE), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), S&T Bancorp (STBA), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), Towne Bank (TOWN), Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (UVSP), WesBanco (WSBC), Provident Financial Services (PFS), and Tompkins Financial (TMP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Peapack-Gladstone Financial vs. Its Competitors

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

Peapack-Gladstone Financial has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Busey has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

72.8% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of First Busey shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of First Busey shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, First Busey had 7 more articles in the media than Peapack-Gladstone Financial. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for First Busey and 2 mentions for Peapack-Gladstone Financial. First Busey's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Peapack-Gladstone Financial's score of 0.67 indicating that First Busey is being referred to more favorably in the news 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 Busey
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Peapack-Gladstone Financial presently has a consensus price target of $37.33, indicating a potential upside of 22.73%. First Busey has a consensus price target of $27.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.04%. Given Peapack-Gladstone Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Peapack-Gladstone Financial is more favorable than First Busey.

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
First Busey
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

First Busey has a net margin of 8.32% compared to Peapack-Gladstone Financial's net margin of 7.71%. First Busey's return on equity of 8.46% beat Peapack-Gladstone Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Peapack-Gladstone Financial7.71% 5.27% 0.47%
First Busey 8.32%8.46%0.96%

Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays out 11.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Busey pays out 93.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Busey has raised 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. Peapack-Gladstone Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Busey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Peapack-Gladstone Financial$406.92M1.33$32.99M$1.8016.90
First Busey$663.36M3.27$113.69M$1.0722.67

Summary

First Busey beats Peapack-Gladstone Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PGC vs. The Competition

MetricPeapack-Gladstone FinancialBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$536.69M$874.34M$11.97B$9.04B
Dividend Yield0.66%3.12%5.54%4.03%
P/E Ratio16.9019.5920.0720.14
Price / Sales1.332.0425.36137.14
Price / Cash12.1148.8221.4858.41
Price / Book0.881.132.295.60
Net Income$32.99M$54.19M$990.08M$248.43M
7 Day Performance0.16%0.01%0.18%5.15%
1 Month Performance7.49%5.81%3.09%7.62%
1 Year Performance37.15%26.81%540.36%21.56%

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PGC
Peapack-Gladstone Financial
3.6962 of 5 stars
$30.42
+0.5%
$37.33
+22.7%
+41.5%$536.69M$406.92M16.90500
BUSE
First Busey
4.7671 of 5 stars
$24.00
-1.6%
$27.67
+15.3%
+1.5%$2.18B$663.36M22.431,548Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.3424 of 5 stars
$25.49
-1.4%
$28.75
+12.8%
+16.3%$2.48B$1.62B10.582,090
GSBC
Great Southern Bancorp
2.4005 of 5 stars
$61.84
-1.1%
$59.50
-3.8%
+13.2%$716.86M$355.26M11.041,108Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.0343 of 5 stars
$39.46
-1.0%
$41.67
+5.6%
+19.3%$1.53B$564.96M11.371,206Upcoming Earnings
TCBK
TriCo Bancshares
3.216 of 5 stars
$42.38
-1.4%
$47.80
+12.8%
+9.9%$1.41B$531.04M12.361,201
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.8 of 5 stars
$35.59
-1.1%
$40.00
+12.4%
+31.6%$2.70B$1.03B15.082,720Positive News
UVSP
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
3.4567 of 5 stars
$32.01
-2.1%
$29.00
-9.4%
+44.2%$944.38M$500.41M11.99970Positive News
WSBC
WesBanco
4.9515 of 5 stars
$33.33
-1.1%
$38.71
+16.2%
+19.8%$3.22B$953.62M21.782,195
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.1349 of 5 stars
$18.56
-1.6%
$23.60
+27.2%
+27.7%$2.46B$1.14B16.721,801
TMP
Tompkins Financial
3.3669 of 5 stars
$66.27
-0.6%
$69.00
+4.1%
N/A$962.20M$435.70M12.891,011News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:PGC) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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