ABCB vs. KEY, EWBC, FHN, WBS, WAL, PNFP, CFR, WTFC, CBSH, and ZION
Should you be buying Ameris Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ameris Bancorp include KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), and Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Ameris Bancorp vs.
Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) and KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of KeyCorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of KeyCorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
KeyCorp received 844 more outperform votes than Ameris Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.50% of users gave Ameris Bancorp an outperform vote while only 61.93% of users gave KeyCorp an outperform vote.
Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. KeyCorp pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KeyCorp pays out -273.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. KeyCorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KeyCorp has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to KeyCorp's net margin of -2.52%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat KeyCorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, KeyCorp had 11 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for KeyCorp and 4 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat KeyCorp's score of 0.70 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ameris Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $70.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.22%. KeyCorp has a consensus price target of $19.69, indicating a potential upside of 16.24%. Given KeyCorp's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe KeyCorp is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.
Ameris Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than KeyCorp. KeyCorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameris Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ameris Bancorp beats KeyCorp on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ABCB) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
