PGC vs. ESQ, BLX, CHCO, EFSC, LKFN, RBCAA, NBHC, FCF, SYBT, and STBA
Should you be buying Peapack-Gladstone Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Peapack-Gladstone Financial include Esquire Financial (ESQ), Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. (BLX), City (CHCO), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), Lakeland Financial (LKFN), Republic Bancorp (RBCAA), National Bank (NBHC), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT), and S&T Bancorp (STBA). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Esquire Financial (NASDAQ:ESQ) 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 earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Esquire Financial has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peapack-Gladstone Financial has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Peapack-Gladstone Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Esquire Financial. Esquire 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.
Esquire Financial has a net margin of 31.50% compared to Esquire Financial's net margin of 8.50%. Peapack-Gladstone Financial's return on equity of 20.20% beat Esquire Financial's return on equity.
54.7% of Esquire Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 18.9% of Esquire Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Esquire Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Esquire Financial pays out 12.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays out 9.2% 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.
Esquire Financial received 7 more outperform votes than Peapack-Gladstone Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.11% of users gave Peapack-Gladstone Financial an outperform vote while only 57.91% of users gave Esquire Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Esquire Financial had 16 more articles in the media than Peapack-Gladstone Financial. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Esquire Financial and 11 mentions for Peapack-Gladstone Financial. Esquire Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Peapack-Gladstone Financial's score of -0.21 indicating that Peapack-Gladstone Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Esquire Financial currently has a consensus target price of $63.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.24%. Peapack-Gladstone Financial has a consensus target price of $28.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.91%. Given Peapack-Gladstone Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Esquire Financial is more favorable than Peapack-Gladstone Financial.
Summary
Esquire Financial beats Peapack-Gladstone Financial on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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