PWOD vs. SBSI, UVSP, HFWA, CPF, MBWM, HAFC, FCBC, CAC, HBNC, and GSBC
Should you be buying Penns Woods Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Penns Woods Bancorp include Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Univest Financial (UVSP), Heritage Financial (HFWA), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), Camden National (CAC), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), and Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Penns Woods Bancorp vs.
Penns Woods Bancorp (NASDAQ:PWOD) and Southside Bancshares (NASDAQ:SBSI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and community ranking.
Southside Bancshares has a consensus target price of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.45%. Given Southside Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Southside Bancshares is more favorable than Penns Woods Bancorp.
Southside Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Penns Woods Bancorp. Southside Bancshares 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.
Southside Bancshares has a net margin of 19.40% compared to Penns Woods Bancorp's net margin of 14.87%. Southside Bancshares' return on equity of 11.10% beat Penns Woods Bancorp's return on equity.
Penns Woods Bancorp has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southside Bancshares has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Southside Bancshares received 89 more outperform votes than Penns Woods Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 41.39% of users gave Southside Bancshares an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Penns Woods Bancorp an outperform vote.
Penns Woods Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Southside Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Penns Woods Bancorp pays out 45.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southside Bancshares pays out 49.5% 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. Southside Bancshares has increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years. Southside Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
27.9% of Penns Woods Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.7% of Southside Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Penns Woods Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Southside Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Southside Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than Penns Woods Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Southside Bancshares and 2 mentions for Penns Woods Bancorp. Southside Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Penns Woods Bancorp's score of 0.84 indicating that Southside Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Southside Bancshares beats Penns Woods Bancorp on 18 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PWOD) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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