FRST vs. PFIS, BMRC, FNLC, OBT, ACNB, CZNC, UNTY, BSVN, JMSB, and USCB
Should you be buying Primis Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Primis Financial include Peoples Financial Services (PFIS), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), First Bancorp (FNLC), Orange County Bancorp (OBT), ACNB (ACNB), Citizens & Northern (CZNC), Unity Bancorp (UNTY), Bank7 (BSVN), John Marshall Bancorp (JMSB), and USCB Financial (USCB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Peoples Financial Services (NASDAQ:PFIS) and Primis Financial (NASDAQ:FRST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Peoples Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Primis Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Peoples Financial Services pays out 50.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Primis Financial pays out 46.5% 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. Peoples Financial Services has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Peoples Financial Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Peoples Financial Services has a net margin of 13.81% compared to Peoples Financial Services' net margin of 8.73%. Primis Financial's return on equity of 7.52% beat Peoples Financial Services' return on equity.
31.7% of Peoples Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of Primis Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Peoples Financial Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of Primis Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Peoples Financial Services has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primis Financial has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Peoples Financial Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Primis Financial. Peoples Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Primis Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Peoples Financial Services had 5 more articles in the media than Primis Financial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Peoples Financial Services and 2 mentions for Primis Financial. Peoples Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Primis Financial's score of -0.71 indicating that Primis Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Peoples Financial Services received 101 more outperform votes than Primis Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.73% of users gave Peoples Financial Services an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave Primis Financial an outperform vote.
Peoples Financial Services presently has a consensus price target of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.50%. Given Primis Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Peoples Financial Services is more favorable than Primis Financial.
Summary
Peoples Financial Services beats Primis Financial on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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