Amalgamated Financial (AMAL) Competitors $32.85 +0.72 (+2.24%) Closing price 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$32.85 +0.00 (+0.02%) As of 04:37 PM 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. UCB, AVAL, CORZ, BBAR, RIOT, INTR, EBC, FHB, DAVE, and PRKShould you be buying Amalgamated Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amalgamated Financial include United Community Banks (UCB), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), Core Scientific (CORZ), BBVA Banco Frances (BBAR), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Inter & Co. Inc. (INTR), Eastern Bankshares (EBC), First Hawaiian (FHB), Dave (DAVE), and Park National (PRK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry. Amalgamated Financial vs. Its Competitors United Community Banks Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores Core Scientific BBVA Banco Frances Riot Platforms Inter & Co. Inc. Eastern Bankshares First Hawaiian Dave Park National United Community Banks (NYSE:UCB) and Amalgamated Financial (NASDAQ:AMAL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and dividends. Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in UCB or AMAL? 82.3% of United Community Banks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Amalgamated Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of United Community Banks shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 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 company is poised for long-term growth. Do analysts recommend UCB or AMAL? Amalgamated Financial has a consensus target price of $38.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.20%. Given Amalgamated Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Amalgamated Financial is more favorable than United Community Banks.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score United Community Banks 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Amalgamated Financial 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50 Is UCB or AMAL a better dividend stock? United Community Banks pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Amalgamated Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. United Community Banks pays out 45.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amalgamated Financial pays out 16.6% 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. Amalgamated Financial has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Is UCB or AMAL more profitable? Amalgamated Financial has a net margin of 23.99% compared to United Community Banks' net margin of 17.11%. Amalgamated Financial's return on equity of 15.68% beat United Community Banks' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets United Community Banks17.11% 8.77% 1.06% Amalgamated Financial 23.99%15.68%1.32% Does the media refer more to UCB or AMAL? In the previous week, United Community Banks and United Community Banks both had 2 articles in the media. Amalgamated Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat United Community Banks' score of 0.42 indicating that Amalgamated Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment United Community Banks 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Amalgamated Financial 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has more risk & volatility, UCB or AMAL? United Community Banks has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amalgamated Financial has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has higher earnings and valuation, UCB or AMAL? United Community Banks has higher revenue and earnings than Amalgamated Financial. Amalgamated Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Community Banks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioUnited Community Banks$1.50B2.54$252.40M$2.1114.89Amalgamated Financial$434.51M2.31$106.43M$3.379.75 SummaryAmalgamated Financial beats United Community Banks on 12 of the 18 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 FinancialFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$982.85M$1.58B$12.02B$8.93BDividend Yield1.74%11.23%5.61%4.13%P/E Ratio9.0817.6219.9719.90Price / Sales2.3149.8025.69161.31Price / Cash8.1211.1421.1757.06Price / Book1.420.932.265.38Net Income$106.43M$144.88M$1.00B$248.50M7 Day Performance7.46%1.91%2.70%2.97%1 Month Performance9.06%0.92%4.28%6.02%1 Year Performance22.21%-7.06%540.35%20.39% Amalgamated Financial Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)AMALAmalgamated Financial3.2044 of 5 stars$32.85+2.2%$38.50+17.2%+18.8%$982.85M$434.51M9.08380News CoverageUCBUnited Community BanksN/A$28.64+2.8%N/AN/A$3.48B$1.50B13.572,979AVALGrupo Aval Acciones y ValoresN/A$2.86+0.7%N/A+32.1%$3.40B$9.07B11.4470,271CORZCore Scientific1.3005 of 5 stars$11.35-4.3%$18.44+62.5%+75.1%$3.38B$410.91M-2.26200BBARBBVA Banco Frances4.8247 of 5 stars$16.31-1.7%$22.50+38.0%+87.4%$3.33B$4.86B9.546,289News CoverageOptions VolumeRIOTRiot Platforms1.6981 of 5 stars$9.27-3.0%$17.35+87.2%+13.3%$3.31B$376.66M-7.02340Analyst RevisionGap UpINTRInter & Co. Inc.2.775 of 5 stars$7.48+0.8%$6.48-13.4%+19.8%$3.29B$1.31B18.244,333News CoverageEBCEastern Bankshares4.5286 of 5 stars$14.66+2.4%$19.25+31.3%+13.4%$3.13B$1.09B-22.551,998Positive NewsFHBFirst Hawaiian2.3284 of 5 stars$24.05+3.0%$27.29+13.5%+24.4%$3.02B$1.17B13.072,000News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst ForecastDAVEDave2.6594 of 5 stars$214.73+1.8%$212.33-1.1%+766.3%$2.86B$347.10M59.15250Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastPRKPark National2.1906 of 5 stars$163.09+2.3%$177.75+9.0%+21.9%$2.64B$528.91M17.521,790Trending News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies United Community Banks Competitors Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores Competitors Core Scientific Competitors BBVA Banco Frances Competitors Riot Platforms Competitors Inter & Co. Inc. 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