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Ames National (ATLO) Competitors

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$16.54 +0.15 (+0.92%)
As of 01/3/2025 05:38 PM Eastern

ATLO vs. HTBK, PGC, THFF, FMNB, CCNE, EBTC, NRIM, FISI, BSRR, and BMRC

Should you be buying Ames National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ames National include Heritage Commerce (HTBK), Peapack-Gladstone Financial (PGC), First Financial (THFF), Farmers National Banc (FMNB), CNB Financial (CCNE), Enterprise Bancorp (EBTC), Northrim BanCorp (NRIM), Financial Institutions (FISI), Sierra Bancorp (BSRR), and Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Ames National vs.

Heritage Commerce (NASDAQ:HTBK) and Ames National (NASDAQ:ATLO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Ames National had 6 more articles in the media than Heritage Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ames National and 1 mentions for Heritage Commerce. Ames National's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Heritage Commerce's score of 1.20 indicating that Ames National is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Heritage Commerce
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ames National
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Heritage Commerce has a net margin of 17.61% compared to Ames National's net margin of 9.75%. Heritage Commerce's return on equity of 6.37% beat Ames National's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Heritage Commerce17.61% 6.37% 0.81%
Ames National 9.75%5.19%0.41%

Heritage Commerce has higher revenue and earnings than Ames National. Heritage Commerce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ames National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Heritage Commerce$169.41M3.34$64.44M$0.7113.01
Ames National$53.32M2.79$10.82M$0.9916.71

Heritage Commerce presently has a consensus target price of $11.75, suggesting a potential upside of 27.16%. Given Heritage Commerce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Heritage Commerce is more favorable than Ames National.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Heritage Commerce
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Ames National
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Heritage Commerce received 203 more outperform votes than Ames National when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.25% of users gave Heritage Commerce an outperform vote while only 54.49% of users gave Ames National an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Heritage CommerceOutperform Votes
300
58.25%
Underperform Votes
215
41.75%
Ames NationalOutperform Votes
97
54.49%
Underperform Votes
81
45.51%

75.6% of Heritage Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.5% of Ames National shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of Heritage Commerce shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Ames National shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Heritage Commerce has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ames National has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Heritage Commerce pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Ames National pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Heritage Commerce pays out 73.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ames National pays out 80.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Heritage Commerce is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Heritage Commerce beats Ames National on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ATLO vs. The Competition

MetricAmes NationalNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$148.73M$21.77B$11.44B$9.05B
Dividend Yield4.87%3.32%5.71%4.11%
P/E Ratio16.7126.5124.9317.29
Price / Sales2.792.9127.10124.68
Price / Cash10.4310.9918.6137.86
Price / Book0.901.252.595.19
Net Income$10.82M$2.24B$1.04B$226.98M
7 Day Performance0.24%-0.32%0.45%3.14%
1 Month Performance-4.67%-5.39%-3.48%5.49%
1 Year Performance-20.02%15.21%12.42%21.67%

Ames National Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ATLO
Ames National
2.7515 of 5 stars
$16.54
+0.9%
N/A-19.6%$148.73M$53.32M16.71280Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
HTBK
Heritage Commerce
4.5867 of 5 stars
$9.38
-0.5%
$11.50
+22.6%
-5.1%$575.02M$169.41M13.21353News Coverage
Positive News
PGC
Peapack-Gladstone Financial
3.9378 of 5 stars
$32.00
-0.4%
$39.50
+23.4%
+6.9%$562.72M$216.64M17.68521News Coverage
THFF
First Financial
3.7611 of 5 stars
$46.49
-0.2%
$49.50
+6.5%
+8.4%$548.95M$206.78M12.60861
FMNB
Farmers National Banc
3.689 of 5 stars
$14.09
+0.6%
$16.67
+18.3%
-0.1%$529.62M$170.92M11.46666Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
CCNE
CNB Financial
4.3995 of 5 stars
$24.91
+0.0%
$30.00
+20.4%
+11.8%$522.96M$220.04M10.65765News Coverage
Positive News
EBTC
Enterprise Bancorp
2.3353 of 5 stars
$39.65
-0.2%
N/A+25.8%$492.81M$168.70M13.67570Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
NRIM
Northrim BanCorp
4.2527 of 5 stars
$78.44
+1.8%
$96.50
+23.0%
+43.0%$431.58M$144.57M13.39450High Trading Volume
FISI
Financial Institutions
3.6452 of 5 stars
$27.04
+0.1%
$30.50
+12.8%
+26.8%$418.42M$219.35M8.50624
BSRR
Sierra Bancorp
3.9166 of 5 stars
$28.89
-0.4%
$29.00
+0.4%
+32.8%$415.84M$125.24M11.46490High Trading Volume
BMRC
Bank of Marin Bancorp
3.2236 of 5 stars
$23.58
+0.3%
$23.33
-1.0%
+9.4%$379.24M$62.67M-27.42321Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage

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