Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina is a banks - regional business based in the US. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina shares (PEBK) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $28.84 – an increase of 7.93% over the previous week. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina employs 281 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $83 million.
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| Latest market close | $28.84 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $23.29 - $32.87 |
| 50-day moving average | $26.99 |
| 200-day moving average | $28.40 |
| Wall St. target price | $13.00 |
| PE ratio | 8.6885 |
| Dividend yield | $0.77 (3.02%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $3.05 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $28.84 from 2025-05-02
| 1 week (2025-04-25) | 8.83% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2025-04-04) | 13.90% |
| 3 months (2025-02-05) | -3.96% |
| 6 months (2024-11-05) | 11.70% |
| 1 year (2024-05-03) | -6.97% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2023-05-04) | 40.71% |
| 3 years (2022-05-04) | 17.15% |
| 5 years (2020-05-04) | 90.82% |
Valuing Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 9x. In other words, Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina shares trade at around 9x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
| Revenue TTM | $83 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 27.87% |
| Gross profit TTM | $83 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 1% |
| Return on equity TTM | 12.9% |
| Profit margin | 20.17% |
| Book value | $26.15 |
| Market Capitalization | $141.4 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 24.79% of net profits
Recently Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's case, that would currently equate to about $0.77 per share.
While Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina is investing more in its future growth.
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's most recent dividend payout was on 13 March 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 2 March 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's shares were split on a 11:10 basis on 30 November 2017 . So if you had owned 10 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 11 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 9.1% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina shares which in turn could have impacted Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's shares have ranged in value from as little as $23.289 up to $32.8722. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's is 0.459. This would suggest that Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Peoples Bank that provides various banking products and services for individuals and small-to medium-sized businesses in the United States. The company offers deposit products. It also originates commercial real estate loans, commercial loans, construction and land development loans, single-family residential mortgage loans, as well as agricultural loans. In addition, the company provides investment counseling and non-deposit investment products, such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, tax deferred annuities, and related brokerage services; and real estate appraisal and brokerage services. Further, it operates as a clearinghouse for the provision of appraisal services for community banks; and acquires, manages, and disposes of real property, other collateral, and other assets obtained in the ordinary course of collecting debts. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc.
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