NASDAQ:ABCB - Ameris Bancorp Stock Price, Price Target & More

Ameris Bancorp trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ABCB."

Ameris Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, June 18th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.10 per share on Tuesday, July 10th. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.69%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 28th. View Ameris Bancorp's Dividend History.

Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) issued its earnings results on Friday, April, 20th. The bank reported $0.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.78 by $0.05. The bank earned $95.27 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $100.49 million. Ameris Bancorp had a net margin of 19.19% and a return on equity of 12.09%. View Ameris Bancorp's Earnings History.

Ameris Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July, 20th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Ameris Bancorp.

5 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Ameris Bancorp's shares. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate Ameris Bancorp's share price to reach $54.20 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Ameris Bancorp.

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Media stories about ABCB stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Ameris Bancorp earned a coverage optimism score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also gave headlines about the bank an impact score of 46.47 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

Ameris Bancorp's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (12.72%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.21%), Polaris Capital Management LLC (3.54%), The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (3.11%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (2.32%) and GW&K Investment Management LLC (2.25%). Company insiders that own Ameris Bancorp stock include Cindi H Lewis, Dennis J Zember Jr, Edwin W Hortman Jr, Elizabeth A Mccague, James A Lahaise, Jon S Edwards, Lawton E Bassett III, Leo J Hill, Robert Dale Ezzell and William I Jr Bowen. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Ameris Bancorp.

ABCB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Maltese Capital Management LLC, Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC, Oak Ridge Investments LLC, Next Century Growth Investors LLC, Royal Bank of Canada, Mesirow Financial Investment Management Equity Management, Jacobs Asset Management LLC and Comerica Bank. Company insiders that have sold Ameris Bancorp company stock in the last year include Dennis J Zember Jr, Edwin W Hortman Jr, James A Lahaise, Lawton E Bassett III and Robert Dale Ezzell. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ameris Bancorp.

ABCB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Polaris Capital Management LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., BlackRock Inc., New York State Common Retirement Fund, Redwood Investments LLC, RMB Capital Management LLC and American Century Companies Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Ameris Bancorp stock in the last two years include Elizabeth A Mccague, Leo J Hill and William I Jr Bowen. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ameris Bancorp.

Shares of ABCB can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ABCB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $57.85.

Ameris Bancorp has a market capitalization of $2.17 billion and generates $398.80 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $73.54 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.48 on an earnings per share basis. Ameris Bancorp employs 1,460 workers across the globe.

Ameris Bancorp's mailing address is 310 FIRST ST. SE, MOULTRIE GA, 31776. The bank can be reached via phone at 229-890-1111 or via email at [email protected]