PEBK — Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina

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Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates PEBK Bullish with a Setup Score of 47, net conviction 36, actionability 62. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score47
Directional BiasBullish
Net Conviction36
Actionability62 (in range)

Key signals behind this score

About Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina

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 North Carolina, 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 lo… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$43.78
Market Cap$235M
Float4.5M
Shares Outstanding5.3M
P/E (Forward)12.71
P/E (TTM)12.16
Price/Sales (TTM)2.61
vs. Analyst Target-70.3% to analyst PT
Profit Margin22.13%
Operating Margin (TTM)30.36%
Revenue (TTM)$90.2M
Earnings Growth (YoY)1.10%
Dividend Rate0.8%
Analyst Target Price$13.00

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $64.6M $11.4M $56.5M $18.0M
2021 $63.9M $15.1M $61.8M $24.5M
2022 $70.7M $16.1M $65.9M $26.3M
2023 $85.8M $15.5M $67.1M $23.0M
2024 $97.8M $16.4M $71.4M $23.8M
2025 $115M $19.8M $89.1M $28.6M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Sep 2025 $24.9M $3.7M
Dec 2025 $31.2M $6.6M
Mar 2026 $27.3M $4.4M
Jun 2026 $26.8M $5.2M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership19.1%
Institutional Ownership47.3%
Short Float2.1%
% of All Funds Holding0.99%
Number of Funds Holding87

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$43.98Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$41.16Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$35.68Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$30.65Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$41.20Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$35.63Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$31.53Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$39.60 support 1.69x 4 months ago
$33.00 support 1.52x 9 months ago
$29.20 support 1.11x 10 months ago
$26.30 support 1.17x 22 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (110 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.20% 0.00% 49.09% 8.22% -5.86%
1 Day 0.52% 0.20% 56.36% 7.96% -5.37%
1 Week 0.58% 0.37% 54.55% 15.83% -19.11%
2 Weeks 0.15% 0.40% 53.64% 17.46% -29.25%
1 Month 0.94% 1.01% 55.96% 30.87% -40.42%

Next earnings: October 19, 2026 (8 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan1.8%65.9%41
Feb0.9%46.3%41
Mar0.1%48.8%41
Apr3.5%68.3%41
May-0.8%48.8%41
Jun-0.4%53.7%41
Jul1.9%43.9%41
Aug-0.3%53.7%41
Sep-0.5%39.0%41
Oct0.7%52.5%40
Nov2.3%48.8%41
Dec-0.3%48.8%41

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday 0.08% 32.0% 1948
Tuesday 0.06% 32.2% 2118
Wednesday 0.03% 31.7% 2114
Thursday 0.03% 32.6% 2076
Friday 0.07% 30.7% 2064

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 47.3%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 19.1%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings26
Net Value+N/A
Net Shares Change-28,647
% of Float-0.6%
C-Suite Filings0
Clusters Detected2

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
ABERNETHY ROBERT C -$532,674.98 2 2 sell
ABERNETHY JAMES S -$172,245 4 5 sell
Abernethy Robert C. JR -$142,067.41 3 3 sell
PRICE BILLY L JR DR +$17,198.4 1 1 buy

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
2026-07-24 – 2026-08-07 6 3 -$635,801.39
2026-08-28 – 2026-09-02 5 4 -$404,687.6

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-08-28 PRICE BILLY L JR DR +$17,198.4 Transaction at $43.00, now +1.8%
2026-07-29 ABERNETHY JAMES S -$64,475 Transaction at $43.03, now +1.7%
2026-09-02 ABERNETHY ROBERT C -$305,270 Transaction at $43.61, now +0.4%
2026-09-02 ABERNETHY JAMES S -$21,750 Transaction at $43.50, now +0.6%
2026-09-01 Abernethy Robert C. JR -$51,756 Transaction at $43.13, now +1.5%
2026-08-28 ABERNETHY JAMES S -$43,110 Transaction at $43.11, now +1.6%

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AI Consult Analysis

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