RBCAA vs. ABCB, IBOC, BANF, FULT, TCBI, CBU, FIBK, FBP, CATY, and BKU
Should you be buying Republic Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Republic Bancorp include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), International Bancshares (IBOC), BancFirst (BANF), Fulton Financial (FULT), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), Community Bank System (CBU), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), First BanCorp. (FBP), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), and BankUnited (BKU). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Republic Bancorp vs.
Republic Bancorp (NASDAQ:RBCAA) and Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
Ameris Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Republic Bancorp. Republic 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.
Republic Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $70.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.67%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus target price of $69.17, indicating a potential upside of 5.59%. Given Republic Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Republic Bancorp is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.
Republic Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Republic Bancorp pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameris Bancorp pays out 16.7% 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. Republic Bancorp has raised its dividend for 26 consecutive years. Republic Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Republic Bancorp has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ameris Bancorp received 244 more outperform votes than Republic Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.55% of users gave Ameris Bancorp an outperform vote while only 57.39% of users gave Republic Bancorp an outperform vote.
24.4% of Republic Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 55.5% of Republic Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Republic Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Republic Bancorp and 5 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Republic Bancorp's score of 0.46 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Republic Bancorp has a net margin of 20.65% compared to Ameris Bancorp's net margin of 20.08%. Republic Bancorp's return on equity of 10.79% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.
Summary
Ameris Bancorp beats Republic Bancorp on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:RBCAA) was last updated on 1/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
