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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
First Busey beats Peapack-Gladstone Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PGC) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff