Ameris Bancorp Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ameris Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Ameris Bancorp stock.
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Ameris Bancorp saw a decline in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,690,000 shares, a decline of 14.2% from the June 30th total of 1,970,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 419,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.0 days. Currently, 2.6% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Ameris Bancorp is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 28th 2021.
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Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 21st. The bank reported $1.25 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.20 by $0.05. Ameris Bancorp had a net margin of 35.64% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.63%. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.61 EPS.
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Ameris Bancorp's stock was trading at $25.74 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ABCB shares have increased by 88.9% and is now trading at $48.61.
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Ameris Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, June 15th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Friday, July 9th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.23%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 29th.
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Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.23%. Ameris Bancorp does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Ameris Bancorp is 13.86%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Ameris Bancorp will have a dividend payout ratio of 14.22% next year. This indicates that Ameris Bancorp will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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4 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Ameris Bancorp's shares. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate Ameris Bancorp's stock price to reach $46.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.8%.
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10 employees have rated Ameris Bancorp CEO H. Palmer Proctor, Jr. on Glassdoor.com. H. Palmer Proctor, Jr. has an approval rating of 66% among Ameris Bancorp's employees.

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

Ameris Bancorp's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.16%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.05%), HGK Asset Management Inc. (0.02%) and USA Financial Portformulas Corp (0.00%). Company insiders that own Ameris Bancorp stock include Elizabeth A Mccague, H Palmer Proctor Jr, James A Lahaise, Jon S Edwards, Michael T Pierson, Robert P Lynch, Ross L Creasy and William Millard Choate.
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ABCB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fisher Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Ameris Bancorp company stock in the last year include Jon S Edwards, and William Millard Choate.
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ABCB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., HGK Asset Management Inc., USA Financial Portformulas Corp, and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have bought Ameris Bancorp stock in the last two years include Elizabeth A Mccague, H Palmer Proctor Jr, Michael T Pierson, Robert P Lynch, and Ross L Creasy.
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One share of ABCB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $48.61.

Ameris Bancorp has a market capitalization of $3.39 billion and generates $1.17 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $261.99 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.33 on an earnings per share basis.

Ameris Bancorp employs 2,671 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Ameris Bancorp: Atlantic Coast Financial.

Ameris Bancorp was founded in 1971.

The official website for Ameris Bancorp is www.amerisbank.com.

Ameris Bancorp is headquartered at 3490 PIEDMONT RD SUITE 1550, ATLANTA GA, 30305.

Ameris Bancorp's mailing address is 3490 PIEDMONT RD SUITE 1550, ATLANTA GA, 30305. The bank can be reached via phone at (229) 890-1111 or via email at [email protected]