PPBI vs. INDB, SBCF, TOWN, HTH, CVBF, BOH, LOB, TFIN, IBTX, and MBIN
Should you be buying Pacific Premier Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pacific Premier Bancorp include Independent Bank (INDB), Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), TowneBank (TOWN), Hilltop (HTH), CVB Financial (CVBF), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), Live Oak Bancshares (LOB), Triumph Financial (TFIN), Independent Bank Group (IBTX), and Merchants Bancorp (MBIN). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Independent Bank (NASDAQ:INDB) and Pacific Premier Bancorp (NASDAQ:PPBI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Independent Bank has a net margin of 26.02% compared to Independent Bank's net margin of 24.75%. Pacific Premier Bancorp's return on equity of 8.35% beat Independent Bank's return on equity.
Independent Bank has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pacific Premier Bancorp has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Independent Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Pacific Premier Bancorp. Independent Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pacific Premier Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Independent Bank currently has a consensus target price of $64.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.42%. Pacific Premier Bancorp has a consensus target price of $28.60, indicating a potential upside of 34.21%. Given Independent Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pacific Premier Bancorp is more favorable than Independent Bank.
83.4% of Independent Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of Pacific Premier Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Independent Bank shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Pacific Premier Bancorp 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.
Independent Bank received 43 more outperform votes than Pacific Premier Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.87% of users gave Pacific Premier Bancorp an outperform vote while only 55.16% of users gave Independent Bank an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Independent Bank had 2 more articles in the media than Pacific Premier Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Independent Bank and 4 mentions for Pacific Premier Bancorp. Pacific Premier Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Independent Bank's score of -0.33 indicating that Independent Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Independent Bank pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Pacific Premier Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Independent Bank pays out 42.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pacific Premier Bancorp pays out 440.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Independent Bank has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Summary
Independent Bank beats Pacific Premier Bancorp on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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