PSBD vs. PLBC, PRAA, ECPG, TRST, BFST, PKST, IFN, IBCP, FPI, and EQBK
Should you be buying Palmer Square Capital BDC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Palmer Square Capital BDC include Plumas Bancorp (PLBC), PRA Group (PRAA), Encore Capital Group (ECPG), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Business First Bancshares (BFST), Peakstone Realty Trust (PKST), The India Fund (IFN), Independent Bank (IBCP), Farmland Partners (FPI), and Equity Bancshares (EQBK). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Plumas Bancorp (NASDAQ:PLBC) and Palmer Square Capital BDC (NYSE:PSBD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Plumas Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Palmer Square Capital BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Plumas Bancorp pays out 22.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Plumas Bancorp has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
41.7% of Plumas Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.5% of Palmer Square Capital BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of Plumas Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Palmer Square Capital BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Plumas Bancorp.
Plumas Bancorp received 109 more outperform votes than Palmer Square Capital BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.78% of users gave Plumas Bancorp an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Palmer Square Capital BDC an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Plumas Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Palmer Square Capital BDC. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Plumas Bancorp and 4 mentions for Palmer Square Capital BDC. Plumas Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Palmer Square Capital BDC's score of 0.55 indicating that Palmer Square Capital BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Palmer Square Capital BDC has a net margin of 84.94% compared to Palmer Square Capital BDC's net margin of 33.12%. Palmer Square Capital BDC's return on equity of 20.39% beat Plumas Bancorp's return on equity.
Plumas Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.71%. Palmer Square Capital BDC has a consensus price target of $16.93, suggesting a potential upside of 1.61%. Given Palmer Square Capital BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Plumas Bancorp is more favorable than Palmer Square Capital BDC.
Summary
Plumas Bancorp and Palmer Square Capital BDC tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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