- CEO
- William G. Wheatley
- Full Time Employees
- 62
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Banks - Regional
- Address
- 100 Spring Avenue Chestertown MD United States of America 21620-0210
- IPO Date
- Jan 7, 2013
- Business
- Peoples Bancorp, Inc. (PEBC) is a financial services holding company for The Peoples Bank, a federally insured community bank that provides retail and commercial banking products and services to individuals, small businesses, associations, and government entities primarily in Kent, Cecil, Queen Anne's, and Talbot Counties, Maryland. The Bank offers deposit products including checking accounts, NOW accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, other time deposits, and individual retirement accounts; lending products such as residential and commercial real estate loans, construction loans, short- to medium-term commercial loans, and personal loans; and additional services encompassing cash management, safe deposit boxes, automated teller machine access, direct deposit of payroll and social security checks, automatic drafts, money orders, online banking with bill payment, and treasury management. Through its insurance agency subsidiary, Fleetwood, Athey, Macbeth & McCown, Inc. (dba Fleetwood Insurance Group), the company provides a range of insurance products including property, casualty, life, marine, long-term care, health, disability, business/commercial, and group health and life insurance.
Founded in 1910 and headquartered in Chestertown, Maryland, at 100 Spring Avenue, Peoples Bancorp operates seven full-service branch offices in its core Maryland market, with additional presence in Easton, and maintains an independent, locally managed structure focused on community banking and insurance agency operations. The company emphasizes personalized service, modernized infrastructure, diversified delivery channels, and internal controls to support profitability and customer needs across its community banking and insurance segments.
In recent developments, Peoples Bancorp raised its semi-annual dividend by 3% to $0.41 per share, payable in March 2024, and further to $0.42 per share with a record date of March 13, 2025, reflecting ongoing commitment to shareholder returns amid stable operations. The company continues to report solid financial metrics, including total assets of approximately $306 million, deposits of $267 million, and loans of $184 million as of late 2024, with appropriate loan-to-deposit ratios, low bad loans at 0.2%, and sufficient allowances for credit losses. Management remains actively engaged in economic development within its market area, positioning the firm as a well-capitalized community institution with approximately 619 shareholders of record.