Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI) Competitors

Pacific Premier Bancorp (NASDAQ:PPBI) and Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Is PPBI or ABCB more profitable?

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Pacific Premier Bancorp's net margin of 16.13%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat Pacific Premier Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pacific Premier Bancorp	16.13%	4.85%	0.80%
Ameris Bancorp	21.46%	9.57%	1.32%

Which has more volatility and risk, PPBI or ABCB?

Pacific Premier Bancorp has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PPBI or ABCB?

93.1% of Pacific Premier Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Pacific Premier Bancorp 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend PPBI or ABCB?

Pacific Premier Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $27.50, suggesting a potential upside of 26.61%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus price target of $72.14, suggesting a potential upside of 7.52%. Given Pacific Premier Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Pacific Premier Bancorp is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pacific Premier Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Ameris Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Is PPBI or ABCB a better dividend stock?

Pacific Premier Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Pacific Premier Bancorp pays out 93.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has better earnings and valuation, PPBI or ABCB?

Ameris Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Pacific Premier Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pacific Premier Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pacific Premier Bancorp	$905.41M	2.33	$158.80M	$1.42	15.30
Ameris Bancorp	$1.14B	4.05	$358.68M	$5.68	11.81

Does the media prefer PPBI or ABCB?

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Pacific Premier Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 6 mentions for Pacific Premier Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Pacific Premier Bancorp's score of 0.99 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pacific Premier Bancorp	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ameris Bancorp	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Pacific Premier Bancorp on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.