Amalgamated Financial (AMAL) Competitors $31.00 -0.27 (-0.86%) Closing price 06/11/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$31.00 0.00 (0.00%) As of 04:00 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock AMAL vs. AVAL, UCB, CORZ, EBC, INTR, RIOT, FHB, BUR, PRK, and LUShould you be buying Amalgamated Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amalgamated Financial include Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), United Community Banks (UCB), Core Scientific (CORZ), Eastern Bankshares (EBC), Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), Riot Platforms (RIOT), First Hawaiian (FHB), Burford Capital (BUR), Park National (PRK), and Lufax (LU). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry. Amalgamated Financial vs. Its Competitors Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores United Community Banks Core Scientific Eastern Bankshares Inter & Co, Inc. Riot Platforms First Hawaiian Burford Capital Park National Lufax Amalgamated Financial (NASDAQ:AMAL) and Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (NYSE:AVAL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership. Is AMAL or AVAL a better dividend stock? Amalgamated Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Amalgamated Financial pays out 16.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores pays out 40.0% 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. Amalgamated Financial has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Which has better valuation & earnings, AMAL or AVAL? Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores has higher revenue and earnings than Amalgamated Financial. Amalgamated Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAmalgamated Financial$319.77M2.97$106.43M$3.379.20Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores$16.37T0.00$203.02M$0.2511.28 Do insiders and institutionals believe in AMAL or AVAL? 75.9% of Amalgamated Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Amalgamated Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Do analysts rate AMAL or AVAL? Amalgamated Financial presently has a consensus price target of $36.50, suggesting a potential upside of 17.74%. Given Amalgamated Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Amalgamated Financial is more favorable than Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Amalgamated Financial 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Which has more risk and volatility, AMAL or AVAL? Amalgamated Financial has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media favor AMAL or AVAL? In the previous week, Amalgamated Financial and Amalgamated Financial both had 2 articles in the media. Amalgamated Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores' score of 0.71 indicating that Amalgamated Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Amalgamated Financial 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores 0 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AMAL or AVAL? Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores received 84 more outperform votes than Amalgamated Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.63% of users gave Amalgamated Financial an outperform vote while only 51.59% of users gave Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAmalgamated FinancialOutperform Votes9456.63% Underperform Votes7243.37% Grupo Aval Acciones y ValoresOutperform Votes17851.59% Underperform Votes16748.41% Is AMAL or AVAL more profitable? Amalgamated Financial has a net margin of 24.50% compared to Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores' net margin of 2.24%. Amalgamated Financial's return on equity of 16.49% beat Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Amalgamated Financial24.50% 16.49% 1.30% Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores 2.24%2.48%0.25% SummaryAmalgamated Financial beats Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Amalgamated Financial News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for AMAL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AMAL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart AMAL vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAmalgamated FinancialState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$948.29M$3.32B$11.69B$8.62BDividend Yield1.87%3.78%5.66%4.18%P/E Ratio8.9923.9923.0120.06Price / Sales2.973.1326.92157.08Price / Cash10.2010.6317.6034.64Price / Book1.611.212.884.70Net Income$106.43M$372.21M$1.04B$247.88M7 Day Performance3.64%2.31%1.46%2.63%1 Month Performance-1.05%-0.49%1.36%6.36%1 Year Performance23.46%20.88%540.46%14.05% Amalgamated Financial Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)AMALAmalgamated Financial2.8693 of 5 stars$31.00-0.9%$36.50+17.7%+25.7%$948.29M$319.77M8.99380AVALGrupo Aval Acciones y Valores4.2191 of 5 stars$2.96+4.4%N/A+22.1%$3.51B$16.37T17.3870,200High Trading VolumeUCBUnited Community Banks3.7934 of 5 stars$28.37-1.3%$33.14+16.8%N/A$3.45B$938.98M13.913,070Positive NewsCORZCore Scientific3.1202 of 5 stars$10.93+2.6%$18.33+67.7%+40.6%$3.26B$410.91M-2.02200Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastEBCEastern Bankshares4.8679 of 5 stars$14.75-1.7%$19.25+30.5%+18.4%$3.15B$526.70M22.012,150INTRInter & Co, Inc.2.6888 of 5 stars$6.99-1.8%$6.48-7.4%+23.7%$3.07B$6.84B17.923,235Positive NewsRIOTRiot Platforms2.5578 of 5 stars$8.48+5.1%$16.95+99.9%+5.6%$3.03B$458.75M19.72340News CoverageAnalyst RevisionFHBFirst Hawaiian3.6195 of 5 stars$23.49-1.6%$27.29+16.2%+22.2%$2.95B$780.50M13.122,000Positive NewsBURBurford Capital4.0792 of 5 stars$12.70-1.3%$19.50+53.6%-3.1%$2.78B$410.92M10.94140Analyst ForecastPRKPark National2.4156 of 5 stars$161.71-0.5%$177.75+9.9%+22.1%$2.62B$528.91M17.371,790Trending NewsLULufax1.3151 of 5 stars$2.90-1.2%$2.98+2.8%+36.7%$2.51B$20.29B-3.7692,400Positive NewsUpcoming Earnings Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores Competitors United Community Banks Competitors Core Scientific Competitors Eastern Bankshares Competitors Inter & Co, Inc. 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