PFC vs. CNOB, DCOM, AMAL, FMBH, CTBI, BRKL, FCBC, LBAI, SBSI, and CFB
Should you be buying Premier Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Premier Financial include ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), and CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Premier Financial (NASDAQ:PFC) and ConnectOne Bancorp (NASDAQ:CNOB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
Premier Financial currently has a consensus target price of $22.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.83%. ConnectOne Bancorp has a consensus target price of $24.50, indicating a potential upside of 22.44%. Given ConnectOne Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ConnectOne Bancorp is more favorable than Premier Financial.
ConnectOne Bancorp received 246 more outperform votes than Premier Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.96% of users gave ConnectOne Bancorp an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Premier Financial an outperform vote.
Premier Financial has a net margin of 23.67% compared to ConnectOne Bancorp's net margin of 15.29%. Premier Financial's return on equity of 9.19% beat ConnectOne Bancorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, ConnectOne Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Premier Financial. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for ConnectOne Bancorp and 0 mentions for Premier Financial. ConnectOne Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Premier Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that ConnectOne Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Premier Financial has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ConnectOne Bancorp has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Premier Financial has higher revenue and earnings than ConnectOne Bancorp. Premier Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ConnectOne Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
66.1% of Premier Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of ConnectOne Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Premier Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of ConnectOne Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Premier Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. ConnectOne Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Premier Financial pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ConnectOne Bancorp pays out 38.1% 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.
Summary
ConnectOne Bancorp beats Premier Financial on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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