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2026-09-30 · NASDAQ

Why Peoples Bancorp Stock Tanked Today

Key Points This will be paid entirely in stock. This raises the specter of shareholder dilution. 10 stocks we like better than Peoples Bancorp › Peoples Bancorp (NASDAQ: PEBO) is expanding through an acquisition, and the company's investors weren't happy about it. They expressed their displeasure by trading out of the regional bank's shares on Wednesday, and the stock closed that trading session down by almost 6%. A Capital deal Before market open on Wednesday, Ohio-based Peoples and Capital Bancorp announced they had agreed to combine their businesses. Peoples will acquire its peer in an all-stock deal under which Capital investors are to receive 1.11 Peoples shares for each Capital share they own.

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