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AMAL vs. BUSE, DCOM, EBC, FRME, OBK, OCFC, STEL, TOWN, ASB, and TMP

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), Eastern Bankshares (EBC), First Merchants (FRME), Origin Bancorp (OBK), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Stellarone (STEL), Towne Bank (TOWN), Associated Banc (ASB), and Tompkins Financial (TMP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Amalgamated Financial vs. Its Competitors

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

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
First Busey$663.36M3.26$113.69M$1.0722.58
Amalgamated Financial$434.51M2.31$106.43M$3.379.74

First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Amalgamated Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. First Busey pays out 93.5% 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 pays out 16.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Busey has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Amalgamated Financial has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. First Busey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, First Busey had 7 more articles in the media than Amalgamated Financial. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for First Busey and 6 mentions for Amalgamated Financial. First Busey's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Amalgamated Financial's score of 0.56 indicating that First Busey is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First Busey
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Amalgamated Financial
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Amalgamated Financial has a net margin of 23.99% compared to First Busey's net margin of 8.32%. Amalgamated Financial's return on equity of 15.68% beat First Busey's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Busey8.32% 8.46% 0.96%
Amalgamated Financial 23.99%15.68%1.32%

56.5% of First Busey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Amalgamated Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of First Busey shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Amalgamated Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

First Busey presently has a consensus price target of $27.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.51%. Amalgamated Financial has a consensus price target of $38.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.34%. Given Amalgamated Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Amalgamated Financial is more favorable than First Busey.

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

First Busey has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amalgamated Financial has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

First Busey beats Amalgamated Financial on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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AMAL vs. The Competition

MetricAmalgamated FinancialFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.01B$1.48B$12.11B$9.45B
Dividend Yield1.69%10.86%5.57%4.03%
P/E Ratio9.7417.6219.1819.90
Price / Sales2.3163.6726.2185.18
Price / Cash8.3611.5821.5458.29
Price / Book1.420.962.335.67
Net Income$106.43M$144.88M$997.25M$258.18M
7 Day Performance-0.03%-0.35%1.39%2.81%
1 Month Performance6.53%5.73%4.70%13.53%
1 Year Performance2.69%-4.80%540.89%17.68%

Amalgamated Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AMAL
Amalgamated Financial
2.8043 of 5 stars
$32.81
-0.9%
$38.50
+17.3%
+2.5%$1.01B$434.51M9.74380News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
BUSE
First Busey
4.6925 of 5 stars
$24.14
-0.9%
$27.67
+14.6%
-11.7%$2.18B$663.36M22.561,548News Coverage
Earnings Report
DCOM
Dime Community Bancshares
3.6634 of 5 stars
$28.62
-0.6%
$36.88
+28.8%
+19.0%$1.26B$646.19M45.43820Positive News
EBC
Eastern Bankshares
4.3342 of 5 stars
$16.17
+1.0%
$19.25
+19.0%
-0.5%$3.42B$1.09B13.931,998Upcoming Earnings
FRME
First Merchants
4.7969 of 5 stars
$40.90
+0.7%
$46.40
+13.4%
+5.4%$2.37B$1.07B11.492,120
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.6491 of 5 stars
$37.87
-0.7%
$42.20
+11.4%
+3.9%$1.18B$358.20M15.391,010
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
4.3266 of 5 stars
$18.62
-0.3%
$20.67
+11.0%
+4.9%$1.09B$692.36M12.37960Upcoming Earnings
STEL
Stellarone
2.3578 of 5 stars
$31.89
+15.0%
$29.00
-9.0%
+21.8%$1.55B$625.45M14.411,025Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.7761 of 5 stars
$35.78
-0.4%
$40.00
+11.8%
+11.6%$2.69B$1.03B15.162,720
ASB
Associated Banc
4.8958 of 5 stars
$25.58
-0.9%
$27.22
+6.4%
+11.0%$4.28B$2.39B29.744,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TMP
Tompkins Financial
3.2117 of 5 stars
$65.13
-0.5%
$69.00
+5.9%
N/A$945.31M$435.70M12.741,011Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:AMAL) was last updated on 7/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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