PWOD vs. UVSP, SBSI, HFWA, MBWM, HAFC, CPF, 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 Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (UVSP), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Heritage Financial (HFWA), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), CPB (CPF), First Community Bancshares (FCBC), Camden National (CAC), 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
Penns Woods Bancorp (NASDAQ:PWOD) and Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (NASDAQ:UVSP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk and media sentiment.
Penns Woods Bancorp has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Penns Woods Bancorp has a net margin of 17.52% compared to Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania's net margin of 15.54%. Penns Woods Bancorp's return on equity of 11.05% beat Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania's return on equity.
In the previous week, Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania had 3 more articles in the media than Penns Woods Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania and 2 mentions for Penns Woods Bancorp. Penns Woods Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania's score of 0.71 indicating that Penns Woods Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
27.9% of Penns Woods Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Penns Woods Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Penns Woods Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Penns Woods Bancorp pays out 45.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania pays out 33.0% 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.
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania has a consensus target price of $29.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.46%. Given Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania is more favorable than Penns Woods Bancorp.
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania has higher revenue and earnings than Penns Woods Bancorp. Penns Woods Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania beats Penns Woods Bancorp on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PWOD) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
