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Penns Woods Bancorp (PWOD) Competitors

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$28.95 -0.83 (-2.79%)
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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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Penns Woods Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Southside Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Penns Woods Bancorp$71.00M3.10$17.74M$2.8010.34
Southside Bancshares$258.81M3.24$88.49M$2.919.53

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Penns Woods Bancorp14.87% 9.26% 0.82%
Southside Bancshares 19.40%11.10%1.06%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Penns Woods BancorpOutperform Votes
84
40.00%
Underperform Votes
126
60.00%
Southside BancsharesOutperform Votes
173
41.39%
Underperform Votes
245
58.61%

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Penns Woods Bancorp
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Southside Bancshares
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Southside Bancshares beats Penns Woods Bancorp on 18 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PWOD vs. The Competition

MetricPenns Woods BancorpState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$220.46M$3.20B$11.42B$8.28B
Dividend Yield4.26%3.70%5.45%4.10%
P/E Ratio12.2723.6022.3519.58
Price / Sales3.103.0527.49119.65
Price / Cash10.8510.6317.6234.62
Price / Book1.081.182.764.47
Net Income$17.74M$372.21M$1.03B$248.22M
7 Day Performance-3.56%-2.97%-1.56%-1.32%
1 Month Performance4.66%2.70%4.95%10.73%
1 Year Performance48.54%17.11%537.65%8.40%

Penns Woods Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PWOD
Penns Woods Bancorp
2.524 of 5 stars
$28.95
-2.8%
N/A+43.9%$220.46M$71.00M12.27250Analyst Forecast
SBSI
Southside Bancshares
3.9139 of 5 stars
$29.70
+2.8%
$37.00
+24.6%
+3.2%$897.45M$258.81M10.21810Positive News
UVSP
Univest Financial
2.9669 of 5 stars
$31.05
+2.6%
$29.00
-6.6%
+31.3%$896.72M$301.36M11.99970Positive News
HFWA
Heritage Financial
4.2986 of 5 stars
$24.14
+2.9%
$27.67
+14.6%
+23.3%$823.32M$225.80M19.47830Positive News
CPF
Central Pacific Financial
4.5316 of 5 stars
$27.82
+4.2%
N/A+26.8%$750.47M$253.46M14.12780Positive News
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
3.4812 of 5 stars
$45.50
+4.0%
$52.83
+16.1%
+13.3%$738.69M$230.50M9.19670Positive News
HAFC
Hanmi Financial
4.6177 of 5 stars
$24.01
+2.8%
$25.75
+7.2%
+42.0%$725.53M$237.93M11.71630Positive News
FCBC
First Community Bankshares
3.1894 of 5 stars
$38.72
+0.6%
$38.00
-1.9%
+7.7%$707.76M$155.82M13.63630Positive News
CAC
Camden National
3.2831 of 5 stars
$41.01
+2.7%
$47.33
+15.4%
+20.7%$692.50M$189.74M11.33620Gap Up
HBNC
Horizon Bancorp
4.6237 of 5 stars
$15.69
+3.6%
$17.33
+10.5%
+16.7%$690.60M$203.08M19.61910Positive News
GSBC
Great Southern Bancorp
1.9916 of 5 stars
$59.27
+4.5%
$59.50
+0.4%
+6.2%$679.71M$224.01M11.271,100Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:PWOD) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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