FRC vs. PGC, ESQ, SUPV, VBNK, BLX, BBAR, ITCL, NTB, NQP, and SMBC
Should you be buying First Republic Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Republic Bank include Peapack-Gladstone Financial (PGC), Esquire Financial (ESQ), Grupo Supervielle (SUPV), VersaBank (VBNK), Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. (BLX), Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR), Banco Itaú Chile (ITCL), Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), and Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
First Republic Bank vs.
First Republic Bank (NYSE:FRC) and Peapack-Gladstone Financial (NASDAQ:PGC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.
First Republic Bank received 379 more outperform votes than Peapack-Gladstone Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.54% of users gave Peapack-Gladstone Financial an outperform vote while only 58.40% of users gave First Republic Bank an outperform vote.
First Republic Bank currently has a consensus target price of $115.79, indicating a potential upside of 4,934.32%. Peapack-Gladstone Financial has a consensus target price of $44.00, indicating a potential upside of 61.29%. Given First Republic Bank's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe First Republic Bank is more favorable than Peapack-Gladstone Financial.
Peapack-Gladstone Financial has a net margin of 25.70% compared to First Republic Bank's net margin of 20.45%. Peapack-Gladstone Financial's return on equity of 14.91% beat First Republic Bank's return on equity.
First Republic Bank has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peapack-Gladstone Financial has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
First Republic Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 47.0%. Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. First Republic Bank pays out 14.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays out 4.7% 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.
In the previous week, First Republic Bank had 1 more articles in the media than Peapack-Gladstone Financial. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for First Republic Bank and 1 mentions for Peapack-Gladstone Financial. Peapack-Gladstone Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat First Republic Bank's score of 0.30 indicating that Peapack-Gladstone Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
95.2% of First Republic Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.0% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of First Republic Bank shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial shares are held by company 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.
First Republic Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Peapack-Gladstone Financial. First Republic Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Peapack-Gladstone Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Peapack-Gladstone Financial beats First Republic Bank on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FRC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
First Republic Bank Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
