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$58.65 +0.48 (+0.83%)
Closing price 07/8/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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WSFS vs. ABCB, FFBC, FRME, FULT, HOPE, HWC, OCFC, PPBI, SFNC, and UBSI

Should you be buying WSFS Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WSFS Financial include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Fulton Financial (FULT), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Hancock Whitney (HWC), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Simmons First National (SFNC), and United Bankshares (UBSI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

WSFS Financial vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, WSFS Financial had 6 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for WSFS Financial and 4 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. WSFS Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 0.72 indicating that WSFS Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
WSFS Financial
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ameris Bancorp
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

88.5% of WSFS Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of WSFS Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by 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 net margin of 21.46% compared to WSFS Financial's net margin of 18.86%. WSFS Financial's return on equity of 10.06% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
WSFS Financial18.86% 10.06% 1.26%
Ameris Bancorp 21.46%9.57%1.32%

WSFS Financial presently has a consensus price target of $62.75, indicating a potential upside of 6.99%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus price target of $71.43, indicating a potential upside of 6.09%. Given WSFS Financial's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe WSFS Financial is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
WSFS Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
WSFS Financial$1.40B2.37$263.67M$4.4513.18
Ameris Bancorp$1.12B4.13$358.68M$5.4012.47

WSFS Financial has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

WSFS Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. WSFS Financial pays out 15.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% 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. WSFS Financial has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Ameris Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats WSFS Financial on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WSFS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WSFS vs. The Competition

MetricWSFS FinancialFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.30B$628.73M$11.91B$8.95B
Dividend Yield1.17%3.32%5.57%4.06%
P/E Ratio13.1810.2219.9820.10
Price / Sales2.371.7725.43120.24
Price / Cash12.3315.1721.4457.86
Price / Book1.341.022.265.56
Net Income$263.67M$33.50M$990.08M$248.40M
7 Day Performance0.72%0.34%0.22%4.67%
1 Month Performance10.16%3.59%2.88%6.64%
1 Year Performance26.73%17.69%541.16%21.31%

WSFS Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.2071 of 5 stars
$58.65
+0.8%
$62.75
+7.0%
+28.5%$3.30B$1.40B13.182,309Positive News
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
2.614 of 5 stars
$64.77
-0.2%
$71.43
+10.3%
+38.5%$4.46B$1.12B12.432,850
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.4986 of 5 stars
$24.26
-0.4%
$28.75
+18.5%
+18.3%$2.32B$840.71M10.072,090
FRME
First Merchants
4.778 of 5 stars
$38.30
-0.9%
$46.40
+21.1%
+25.5%$2.23B$1.07B10.762,120Positive News
FULT
Fulton Financial
3.6422 of 5 stars
$18.04
-0.3%
$20.30
+12.5%
+17.2%$3.28B$1.86B10.613,400Upcoming Earnings
HOPE
Hope Bancorp
4.8303 of 5 stars
$10.73
-0.6%
$13.50
+25.8%
+11.2%$1.37B$1.00B13.761,244News Coverage
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.5592 of 5 stars
$57.40
-0.4%
$61.25
+6.7%
+33.5%$4.92B$2.06B10.593,476News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
4.2809 of 5 stars
$17.61
-0.6%
$20.67
+17.4%
+21.1%$1.03B$692.36M11.51960
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.7091 of 5 stars
$21.09
+0.1%
$27.25
+29.2%
+4.5%$2.05B$905.41M13.881,325
SFNC
Simmons First National
4.5966 of 5 stars
$18.96
+0.2%
$22.33
+17.8%
+17.3%$2.39B$1.46B16.342,946Positive News
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.1643 of 5 stars
$36.43
flat
$40.63
+11.5%
+20.3%$5.18B$1.07B13.542,553Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:WSFS) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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