ABCB vs. EWBC, FHN, SSB, WBS, CBSH, PNFP, CFR, WTFC, WAL, and UMBF
Should you be buying Ameris Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ameris Bancorp include East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), SouthState (SSB), Webster Financial (WBS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), and UMB Financial (UMBF). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Ameris Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) and East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.
Ameris Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $71.43, indicating a potential upside of 13.41%. East West Bancorp has a consensus target price of $107.85, indicating a potential upside of 13.87%. Given East West Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe East West Bancorp is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.
East West Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Ameris Bancorp. East West Bancorp 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, Ameris Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than East West Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 7 mentions for East West Bancorp. East West Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 0.51 indicating that East West Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. East West Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. East West Bancorp pays out 28.6% 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. East West Bancorp has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. East West Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of East West Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of East West Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
East West Bancorp received 151 more outperform votes than Ameris Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.56% of users gave Ameris Bancorp an outperform vote while only 64.61% of users gave East West Bancorp an outperform vote.
Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, East West Bancorp has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
East West Bancorp has a net margin of 25.73% compared to Ameris Bancorp's net margin of 21.46%. East West Bancorp's return on equity of 15.71% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.
Summary
East West Bancorp beats Ameris Bancorp on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ABCB) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
