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Penns Woods Bancorp (PWOD) Competitors

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$30.00 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 07/28/2025

PWOD vs. UVSP, HFWA, MBWM, CPF, FCBC, HAFC, CAC, CCBG, HBNC, and GSBC

Should you be buying Penns Woods Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Penns Woods Bancorp include Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (UVSP), Heritage Financial (HFWA), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), CPB (CPF), First Community Bancshares (FCBC), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), Camden National (CAC), Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), Horizon Bancorp (IN) (HBNC), and Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Penns Woods Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (NASDAQ:UVSP) and Penns Woods Bancorp (NASDAQ:PWOD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Penns Woods Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania pays out 32.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Penns Woods Bancorp pays out 45.7% 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. Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania had 3 more articles in the media than Penns Woods Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania and 0 mentions for Penns Woods Bancorp. Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Penns Woods Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania Very Positive
Penns Woods Bancorp Neutral

Penns Woods Bancorp has a net margin of 17.52% compared to Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania's net margin of 15.71%. Penns Woods Bancorp's return on equity of 11.05% beat Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania15.71% 8.92% 0.99%
Penns Woods Bancorp 17.52%11.05%1.01%

Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania has higher revenue and earnings than Penns Woods Bancorp. Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Penns Woods Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania$500.41M1.63$75.93M$2.7410.36
Penns Woods Bancorp$71.00M3.22$17.74M$2.8010.71

Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Penns Woods Bancorp has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania presently has a consensus target price of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.13%. Given Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania is more favorable than Penns Woods Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Penns Woods Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

75.1% of Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.9% of Penns Woods Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Penns Woods Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania beats Penns Woods Bancorp on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PWOD vs. The Competition

MetricPenns Woods BancorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$228.42M$837.74M$12.11B$9.50B
Dividend Yield4.27%3.24%5.65%4.13%
P/E Ratio10.7115.6419.9224.23
Price / Sales3.222.3826.25175.75
Price / Cash10.1415.1618.0027.20
Price / Book1.101.072.215.74
Net Income$17.74M$53.85M$999.86M$265.08M
7 Day Performance-0.13%-2.90%-1.32%-2.52%
1 Month Performance-6.85%-3.83%-0.57%6.48%
1 Year Performance34.17%12.09%541.85%20.16%

Penns Woods Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PWOD
Penns Woods Bancorp
1.4678 of 5 stars
$30.00
flat
N/AN/A$228.42M$71.00M10.71250
UVSP
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
3.6101 of 5 stars
$29.71
+1.1%
$29.00
-2.4%
+5.4%$848.50M$500.41M10.84970Positive News
HFWA
Heritage Financial
4.6844 of 5 stars
$23.49
+0.2%
$27.67
+17.8%
-1.8%$799.43M$317.18M16.43830Positive News
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
4.2848 of 5 stars
$47.74
+0.1%
$55.25
+15.7%
+0.7%$775.22M$361.89M9.47670
CPF
CPB
4.2728 of 5 stars
$27.32
-1.1%
N/A+3.2%$745.34M$344.82M12.25780Positive News
FCBC
First Community Bancshares
2.0167 of 5 stars
$38.63
-1.5%
N/A-16.3%$716.72M$185.53M14.15630
HAFC
Hanmi Financial
4.7554 of 5 stars
$23.61
+0.9%
$26.00
+10.1%
+18.9%$706.96M$430.37M10.98630Positive News
CAC
Camden National
4.5433 of 5 stars
$41.46
+1.1%
$47.33
+14.2%
-2.7%$692.31M$294.10M13.20620Positive News
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CCBG
Capital City Bank Group
4.3892 of 5 stars
$40.48
+0.1%
$39.50
-2.4%
+15.8%$689.36M$270.63M11.84800Positive News
HBNC
Horizon Bancorp (IN)
4.677 of 5 stars
$15.96
+2.2%
$18.00
+12.8%
+2.2%$687.51M$359.45M13.64910Positive News
GSBC
Great Southern Bancorp
2.8525 of 5 stars
$59.38
+0.1%
$60.50
+1.9%
-3.6%$680.51M$355.26M10.121,108Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:PWOD) was last updated on 8/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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