Ohio-based bank offering commercial and retail banking across Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky, plus insurance and leasing.
Ohio-based bank offering commercial and retail banking across Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky, plus insurance and leasing.
Earns mainly from the interest spread between loans and deposits, with insurance, trust and electronic-banking fees as extra income. Its footprint grew through acquisitions of other banks, including Premier Financial in 2021 and Limestone in 2022, adding West Virginia and Kentucky branches.
Moat: narrow (scale, distribution). Multi-state Ohio Valley branch franchise with diversified insurance/leasing income.
Headquarters: Marietta, Ohio, US · Founded: 1902 · Employees: 1,454
Size Peoples Bancorp (PEBO) is a United States Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $1.39B, the 2046th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $38.60 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 12.5%, against +3.2% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 0.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.2%); the operating margin is 33.5% (peer median 34.1%).
Valuation It trades at 1.13× book value against a peer median of 1.07× (11th cheapest of 21).
Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 8.5%; Peoples Bancorp delivers 10.0%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
Short interest Short interest is 6.9% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 26 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $614M | $618M | $620M | $527M | $348M |
| Revenue growth | — | 0% | +18% | +51% | — |
| Net income | $120M | $106M | $116M | $113M | $101M |
| Free cash flow | $183M | $141M | $136M | $129M | $111M |
| Capital expenditure | $3.83M | $6.04M | $6.82M | $13.5M | $36.8M |
| Total debt | $868M | $744M | $443M | $829M | $609M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | ROE | Price / book | Implied ROE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peoples Bancorp PEBO | $1.39B | +12% | 0% | 10% | 1.13× | 8.5% |
| WesBanco WSBC | $3.70B | +13% | +17% | 9% | 0.96× | 8.2% |
| First Commonwealth Financial FCF | $2.03B | +13% | +4% | 11% | 1.37× | 10.4% |
| German American Bancorp GABC | $1.88B | +15% | +12% | 13% | 1.63× | 11.0% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | PEBO | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +6.3% | -2.3% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +12.5% | +3.2% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Return on equity | 10.0% | 11.3% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Price / book | 1.13× | 1.07× | 11th cheapest of 21 |
| Trailing P/E | 11.4× | 11.4× | 10th most expensive of 20 |
| ROE the price implies | 8.5% | 9.9% | 10th least demanding of 21 |
| ROE delivered | 10.0% | 11.7% | 7th lowest of 20 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | ROE | Price / book | Implied ROE | Delivered ROE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peoples Bancorp PEBO | United States | $1.39B | +12% | 0% | 10% | 1.13× | 8.5% | 10.0% |
| Jiangsu Zijin Rural Commercial Bank 601860.SS | China | $1.39B | -6% | -9% | 6% | 0.43× | 2.9% | 5.7% |
| Tamilnad Mercantile Bank TMB.NS | India | $1.39B | +11% | +18% | 16% | 1.22× | 14.6% | 15.6% |
| Westamerica Bancorporation WABC | United States | $1.38B | +9% | -4% | 13% | 1.75× | 11.3% | 12.9% |
| Burke Herbert Financial Services BHRB | United States | $1.41B | +10% | +14% | 10% | 1.23× | 7.1% | 10.5% |
| Tompkins Financial TMP | United States | $1.43B | +16% | -15% | 21% | 1.52× | 11.5% | 20.9% |
| First Mid Bancshares FMBH | United States | $1.35B | +15% | +15% | 11% | 1.23× | 10.1% | 10.9% |
| HBT Financial HBT | United States | $1.35B | +30% | +23% | 13% | 1.78× | 10.1% | 13.2% |
| Jammu & Kashmir Bank J&KBANK.NS | India | $1.44B | -12% | +6% | 15% | 0.77× | 12.1% | 14.5% |
| CCI 7381.T | Japan | $1.44B | +7% | +49% | 7% | 0.83× | 4.1% | 7.1% |
| Musashino Bank 8336.T | Japan | $1.47B | -3% | +31% | 6% | 0.82× | 6.0% | 5.8% |
| Amalgamated Financial AMAL | United States | $1.47B | +18% | +12% | 15% | 1.77× | 13.0% | 15.3% |
| Zhongyuan Bank 1216.HK | Hong Kong | $1.31B | -15% | 0% | 4% | 0.10× | 3.3% | 3.6% |
| Jiangsu Suzhou Rural Commercial Bank 603323.SS | China | $1.50B | -1% | -7% | 11% | 0.49× | 2.3% | 10.7% |
| Karnataka Bank KTKBANK.NS | India | $1.28B | +20% | +3% | 12% | 0.87× | 12.6% | 11.7% |
| Lakeland Financial LKFN | United States | $1.51B | -1% | +2% | 15% | 2.07× | 14.8% | 15.4% |
| Bank of Tianjin 1578.HK | Hong Kong | $1.52B | -22% | -4% | 5% | 0.14× | 3.3% | 5.2% |
| K Bank 279570.KS | South Korea | $1.53B | -18% | 0% | 6% | 0.93× | 5.3% | n/a |
| Community Trust Bancorp CTBI | United States | $1.26B | +4% | +8% | 13% | 1.43× | 9.8% | 12.9% |
| Yibin City Commercial Bank 2596.HK | Hong Kong | $1.55B | +2% | +6% | 6% | 0.91× | 5.1% | 5.5% |
| Ujjivan Small Finance Bank UJJIVANSFB.NS | India | $1.23B | -5% | +21% | 17% | 1.53× | 23.8% | 16.6% |