How to buy Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation stock

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation is a banks-regional business based in the US. Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation shares (PGC) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation employs 501 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation share price

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Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-15.

52-week range	$13.69 - $32.49
50-day moving average	$30.40
200-day moving average	$23.90
Wall St. target price	$35.00
PE ratio	23.3285
Dividend yield	$0.2 (0.62%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$1.37

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Is Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation under- or over-valued?

Valuing Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's P/E ratio

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 23x. In other words, Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation shares trade at around 23x 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.

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's PEG ratio

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.9492. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	$157 million
Operating margin TTM	27.83%
Gross profit TTM	$157 million
Return on assets TTM	0.47%
Return on equity TTM	5.08%
Profit margin	16.69%
Book value	$29.32
Market capitalisation	$604.3 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation shares

There are currently 139,184 Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation shares held short by investors – that's known as Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's "short interest". This figure is 1.3% down from 141,018 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation shares can be evaluated.

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation shares traded daily (recently around 69941.708542714). Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's SIR currently stands at 1.99. In other words for every 100,000 Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1990 shares are currently held short.

However Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation shares, or, against the total number of tradable Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0077% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation shares, roughly 8 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation.

Find out more about how you can short Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation stock.

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 14.69% of net profits

Recently Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation has paid out, on average, around 14.69% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.62% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation shareholders could enjoy a 0.62% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about $0.2 per share.

While Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation is investing more in its future growth.

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's most recent dividend payout was on 25 February 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 9 February 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's shares ever split?

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's shares were split on a 105:100 basis on 6 July 2009. So if you had owned 100 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 105 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 4.8% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's share price.

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $13.6936 up to $32.49. 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 Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's is 1.3591. This would suggest that Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation overview

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Peapack-Gladstone Bank that provides private banking and wealth management services in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Banking and Peapack Private. It offers checking and savings accounts, money market and interest-bearing checking accounts, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement accounts. The company also provides working capital lines of credit, term loans for fixed asset acquisitions, commercial mortgages, multi-family mortgages, and other forms of asset-based financing services; and residential mortgages, home equity lines of credit, and other second mortgage loans. In addition, it offers corporate and industrial (C&I) and equipment finance, commercial real estate, multifamily, residential, and consumer lending activities; treasury management services; C&I advisory services; escrow management; deposit generation; asset and investment management services; personal trust services, including services as executor, trustee, administrator, custodian, and guardian; and other financial planning, tax preparation, and advisory services. Further, the company operates automated teller machines at 19 locations; and provides telephone and Internet banking, merchant credit card, and customer support sales services. Its private banking clients include businesses, non-profits, and consumers; and wealth management clients comprise individuals, families, foundations, endowments, trusts, and estates.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 9.154% of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation shares are held by insiders and 70.621% by institutions.

• How many people work for Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation?

  Latest data suggests 501 work at Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation.

• When does the fiscal year end for Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation?

  Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation based?

  Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's address is: 500 Hills Drive, Bedminster, NJ, United States, 07921

• What is Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's ISIN number?

  Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's international securities identification number is: US7046991078

• What is Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's CUSIP number?

  Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 704699107