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AMAL vs. BUSE, DCOM, FRME, IBCP, OBK, OCFC, STEL, TOWN, UVSP, and ASB

Should you be buying Amalgamated Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amalgamated Financial include First Busey (BUSE), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), First Merchants (FRME), Independent Bank (IBCP), Origin Bancorp (OBK), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Stellarone (STEL), Towne Bank (TOWN), Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (UVSP), and Associated Banc (ASB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Amalgamated Financial vs. Its Competitors

Amalgamated Financial (NASDAQ:AMAL) and First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Amalgamated Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Amalgamated Financial pays out 16.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Busey pays out 89.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Amalgamated Financial has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and First Busey has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. First Busey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

First Busey has higher revenue and earnings than Amalgamated Financial. Amalgamated Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Busey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Amalgamated Financial$434.51M1.92$106.43M$3.348.29
First Busey$663.36M3.26$113.69M$1.1221.69

Amalgamated Financial has a net margin of 23.60% compared to First Busey's net margin of 9.48%. Amalgamated Financial's return on equity of 15.21% beat First Busey's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Amalgamated Financial23.60% 15.21% 1.31%
First Busey 9.48%8.76%1.04%

Amalgamated Financial has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Busey has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, First Busey had 9 more articles in the media than Amalgamated Financial. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for First Busey and 0 mentions for Amalgamated Financial. Amalgamated Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat First Busey's score of 0.76 indicating that Amalgamated Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Amalgamated Financial Very Positive
First Busey Positive

Amalgamated Financial presently has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.11%. First Busey has a consensus target price of $27.33, indicating a potential upside of 12.54%. Given Amalgamated Financial's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Amalgamated Financial is more favorable than First Busey.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Amalgamated Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
First Busey
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

75.9% of Amalgamated Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of First Busey shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Amalgamated Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of First Busey shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

First Busey beats Amalgamated Financial on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AMAL vs. The Competition

MetricAmalgamated FinancialFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$834.20M$1.44B$12.65B$10.43B
Dividend Yield1.99%11.61%5.42%4.58%
P/E Ratio8.2911.09241.4726.64
Price / Sales1.9244.1930.96126.90
Price / Cash7.1010.6319.8331.15
Price / Book1.200.892.326.47
Net Income$106.43M$152.42M$1.01B$271.57M
7 Day Performance0.45%-2.38%0.44%2.86%
1 Month Performance-7.77%-5.60%1.66%7.26%
1 Year Performance-11.12%-8.74%539.80%26.02%

Amalgamated Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AMAL
Amalgamated Financial
3.5007 of 5 stars
$27.71
-1.1%
$33.00
+19.1%
-11.8%$834.20M$434.51M8.29380Positive News
BUSE
First Busey
4.9328 of 5 stars
$24.44
-0.7%
$27.33
+11.8%
-8.8%$2.19B$663.36M21.821,548Positive News
DCOM
Dime Community Bancshares
3.9285 of 5 stars
$30.81
flat
$36.88
+19.7%
+6.5%$1.35B$646.19M36.68820
FRME
First Merchants
4.8885 of 5 stars
$39.65
-0.9%
$48.25
+21.7%
+6.9%$2.31B$1.07B10.272,120Positive News
IBCP
Independent Bank
3.7267 of 5 stars
$31.59
-0.5%
$36.00
+14.0%
-7.6%$657.32M$323.14M10.29920
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.1728 of 5 stars
$35.23
-0.5%
$43.20
+22.6%
+9.6%$1.10B$347.73M14.321,010Positive News
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
4.3383 of 5 stars
$17.89
-1.3%
$20.67
+15.5%
-0.5%$1.04B$692.36M12.69960Positive News
STEL
Stellarone
2.8154 of 5 stars
$30.96
+11.6%
$31.00
+0.1%
+13.6%$1.55B$625.45M14.261,025Gap Up
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.6905 of 5 stars
$35.54
-1.0%
$40.67
+14.4%
+4.5%$2.69B$1.03B15.452,720Positive News
UVSP
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
3.4442 of 5 stars
$30.72
-0.1%
$29.00
-5.6%
+8.4%$886.05M$500.41M11.21970Positive News
ASB
Associated Banc
4.7702 of 5 stars
$25.90
-1.4%
$27.78
+7.3%
+19.3%$4.35B$2.39B33.634,000Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:AMAL) was last updated on 9/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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