CVBF vs. ABCB, BANR, CATY, FRME, HOPE, OCFC, PPBI, SBCF, TCBK, and WSFS
Should you be buying CVB Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CVB Financial include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Banner (BANR), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Merchants (FRME), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida (SBCF), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), and WSFS Financial (WSFS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
CVB Financial vs. Its Competitors
CVB Financial (NASDAQ:CVBF) and Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Ameris Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than CVB Financial. Ameris Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CVB Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
74.2% of CVB Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of CVB Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CVB Financial has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than CVB Financial. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 13 mentions for CVB Financial. CVB Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 0.67 indicating that CVB Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CVB Financial has a net margin of 30.99% compared to Ameris Bancorp's net margin of 21.46%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat CVB Financial's return on equity.
CVB Financial currently has a consensus target price of $23.25, suggesting a potential upside of 26.57%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus target price of $72.14, suggesting a potential upside of 9.46%. Given CVB Financial's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe CVB Financial is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.
CVB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. CVB Financial pays out 55.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% 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.
Summary
Ameris Bancorp beats CVB Financial on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:CVBF) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
