NASDAQ:ABCB - Ameris Bancorp Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Ameris Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, December 18th. Investors of record on Monday, December 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.10 per share on Thursday, January 10th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.01%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 28th. View Ameris Bancorp's Dividend History.

Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January, 25th. The bank reported $0.96 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.93 by $0.03. The bank earned $131.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $130.93 million. Ameris Bancorp had a net margin of 22.76% and a return on equity of 11.46%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 37.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.63 EPS. View Ameris Bancorp's Earnings History.

Ameris Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 19th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Ameris Bancorp.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Ameris Bancorp's shares. Their predictions range from $48.00 to $61.00. On average, they anticipate Ameris Bancorp's share price to reach $53.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 35.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Ameris Bancorp.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ameris Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Ameris Bancorp.

Press coverage about ABCB stock has trended somewhat positive on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ameris Bancorp earned a media sentiment score of 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the bank a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

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Ameris Bancorp's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (12.71%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.55%), Polaris Capital Management LLC (2.26%), Mendon Capital Advisors Corp (2.17%), GW&K Investment Management LLC (2.12%) and Jennison Associates LLC (2.00%). 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 Millennium Management LLC, RMB Capital Management LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Mesirow Financial Investment Management Equity Management, Oak Ridge Investments LLC, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., First Trust Advisors LP and Barclays PLC. Company insiders that have sold Ameris Bancorp company stock in the last year include Edwin W Hortman Jr and Robert Dale Ezzell. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ameris Bancorp.

ABCB stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Jennison Associates LLC, Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC, Mendon Capital Advisors Corp, GW&K Investment Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., JCSD Capital LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP and Squarepoint Ops LLC. 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 $39.69.

Ameris Bancorp has a market capitalization of $1.89 billion and generates $531.74 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $121.02 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.38 on an earnings per share basis. Ameris Bancorp employs 1,804 workers across the globe.

The official website for Ameris Bancorp is http://www.amerisbank.com.

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]