ASB vs. ABCB, SFBS, UCBI, FBP, AUB, IBOC, FIBK, TCBI, FHB, and CATY
Should you be buying Associated Banc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Associated Banc include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS), United Community Banks (UCBI), First BanCorp. (FBP), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), International Bancshares (IBOC), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), First Hawaiian (FHB), and Cathay General Bancorp (CATY). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) and Associated Banc (NYSE:ASB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 18.06% compared to Ameris Bancorp's net margin of 6.86%. Associated Banc's return on equity of 8.62% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, Associated Banc had 7 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Associated Banc and 5 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Associated Banc's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 0.74 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ameris Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $52.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.07%. Associated Banc has a consensus price target of $23.13, indicating a potential upside of 3.84%. Given Ameris Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Associated Banc is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.
Ameris Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Associated Banc. Ameris Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Associated Banc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Associated Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Associated Banc pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Associated Banc has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Associated Banc is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Ameris Bancorp received 164 more outperform votes than Associated Banc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.58% of users gave Ameris Bancorp an outperform vote while only 50.74% of users gave Associated Banc an outperform vote.
91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Associated Banc shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Associated Banc shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Associated Banc has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ameris Bancorp beats Associated Banc on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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