ABCB vs. EWBC, FHN, WBS, WAL, PNFP, CFR, WTFC, ZION, CBSH, and SNV
Should you be buying Ameris Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ameris Bancorp include 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), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), and Synovus Financial (SNV). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Ameris Bancorp vs.
Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) and East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
East West Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Ameris Bancorp. East West Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameris Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. East West Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. East West Bancorp pays out 27.8% 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.
In the previous week, East West Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for East West Bancorp and 0 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. East West Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 0.76 indicating that East West Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of East West Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of East West Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, East West Bancorp has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
East West Bancorp has a net margin of 24.96% compared to Ameris Bancorp's net margin of 20.08%. East West Bancorp's return on equity of 16.07% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.
Ameris Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $69.17, indicating a potential upside of 6.64%. East West Bancorp has a consensus target price of $109.77, indicating a potential upside of 8.90%. Given East West Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe East West Bancorp is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.
East West Bancorp received 147 more outperform votes than Ameris Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.55% of users gave Ameris Bancorp an outperform vote while only 65.11% of users gave East West Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
East West Bancorp beats Ameris Bancorp on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ABCB) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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