IBOC vs. ABCB, COLB, UCBI, FBP, GBCI, FFIN, FIBK, TCBI, UBSI, and CATY
Should you be buying International Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Bancshares include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Columbia Banking System (COLB), United Community Banks (UCBI), First BanCorp. (FBP), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), United Bankshares (UBSI), and Cathay General Bancorp (CATY). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) and International Bancshares (NASDAQ:IBOC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. International Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. International Bancshares pays out 20.2% 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. International Bancshares has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. International Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
International Bancshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ameris Bancorp. International Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameris Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, International Bancshares had 2 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for International Bancshares and 5 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. International Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 1.01 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ameris Bancorp received 217 more outperform votes than International Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.58% of users gave Ameris Bancorp an outperform vote while only 52.68% of users gave International Bancshares an outperform vote.
International Bancshares has a net margin of 40.92% compared to International Bancshares' net margin of 18.06%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 17.50% beat International Bancshares' return on equity.
Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Bancshares has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ameris Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $52.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.51%. Given International Bancshares' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ameris Bancorp is more favorable than International Bancshares.
91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.9% of International Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of International Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Ameris Bancorp and International Bancshares tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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