PGC vs. ESQ, VBNK, BLX, CTO, CCNE, HRZN, ATLC, MDBH, ALRS, and SMMF
Should you be buying Peapack-Gladstone Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Peapack-Gladstone Financial include Esquire Financial (ESQ), VersaBank (VBNK), Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. (BLX), CTO Realty Growth (CTO), CNB Financial (CCNE), Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), Atlanticus (ATLC), MDB Capital (MDBH), Alerus Financial (ALRS), and Summit Financial Group (SMMF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Peapack-Gladstone Financial (NASDAQ:PGC) and Esquire Financial (NASDAQ:ESQ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Esquire Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Peapack-Gladstone Financial pays out 9.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Esquire Financial pays out 12.9% 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.
Peapack-Gladstone Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Esquire Financial. Esquire Financial 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.
72.8% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.7% of Esquire Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.2% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.9% of Esquire Financial shares are owned 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.
Esquire Financial has a net margin of 31.50% compared to Peapack-Gladstone Financial's net margin of 10.11%. Esquire Financial's return on equity of 20.73% beat Peapack-Gladstone Financial's return on equity.
Peapack-Gladstone Financial currently has a consensus price target of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.30%. Esquire Financial has a consensus price target of $62.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.58%. Given Esquire Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Esquire Financial is more favorable than Peapack-Gladstone Financial.
Esquire Financial received 7 more outperform votes than Peapack-Gladstone Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.98% of users gave Peapack-Gladstone Financial an outperform vote while only 57.78% of users gave Esquire Financial an outperform vote.
Peapack-Gladstone Financial has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Esquire Financial has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Esquire Financial had 17 more articles in the media than Peapack-Gladstone Financial. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Esquire Financial and 2 mentions for Peapack-Gladstone Financial. Peapack-Gladstone Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Esquire Financial's score of -0.05 indicating that Peapack-Gladstone Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Esquire Financial beats Peapack-Gladstone Financial on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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