Amalgamated Financial (AMAL) Competitors

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

Amalgamated Financial currently has a consensus target price of $44.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.30%. Eastern Bankshares has a consensus target price of $22.92, indicating a potential upside of 6.94%. Given Eastern Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Eastern Bankshares is more favorable than Amalgamated Financial.

In the previous week, Amalgamated Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Eastern Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Amalgamated Financial and 0 mentions for Eastern Bankshares. Amalgamated Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Eastern Bankshares'average media sentiment score.

Amalgamated Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Eastern Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Amalgamated Financial pays out 19.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eastern Bankshares pays out 33.7% 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 increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Eastern Bankshares has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Eastern Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Amalgamated Financial has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Eastern Bankshares has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the broader market.

75.9% of Amalgamated Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Eastern Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Amalgamated Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Eastern Bankshares shares are owned 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.

Eastern Bankshares has a net margin of 26.28% compared to Amalgamated Financial's net margin of 22.33%. Amalgamated Financial's return on equity of 13.89% beat Eastern Bankshares' return on equity.

Amalgamated Financial has a net margin of 22.33% compared to First Merchants' net margin of 18.87%. Amalgamated Financial's return on equity of 13.89% beat First Merchants' return on equity.

Amalgamated Financial has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, First Merchants has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the broader market.

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

Amalgamated Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. First Merchants pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Amalgamated Financial pays out 19.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Merchants pays out 43.5% 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 and First Merchants has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. First Merchants is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Amalgamated Financial presently has a consensus price target of $44.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.30%. First Merchants has a consensus price target of $48.33, indicating a potential upside of 13.64%. Given First Merchants' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Merchants is more favorable than Amalgamated Financial.

75.9% of Amalgamated Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of First Merchants shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Amalgamated Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of First Merchants shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, First Merchants had 2 more articles in the media than Amalgamated Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for First Merchants and 1 mentions for Amalgamated Financial. First Merchants' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Amalgamated Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that First Merchants is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

In the previous week, Independent Bank had 1 more articles in the media than Amalgamated Financial. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Independent Bank and 1 mentions for Amalgamated Financial. Independent Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Amalgamated Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Independent Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Independent Bank has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Amalgamated Financial has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the broader market.

Independent Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Amalgamated Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Independent Bank pays out 33.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amalgamated Financial pays out 19.8% 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. Independent Bank has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Amalgamated Financial has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Independent Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Amalgamated Financial has a net margin of 22.33% compared to Independent Bank's net margin of 22.02%. Independent Bank's return on equity of 14.15% beat Amalgamated Financial's return on equity.

79.4% of Independent Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Amalgamated Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Independent Bank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Amalgamated Financial shares are owned by 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.

Independent Bank currently has a consensus target price of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.96%. Amalgamated Financial has a consensus target price of $44.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.30%. Given Independent Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Independent Bank is more favorable than Amalgamated Financial.

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

Amalgamated Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Independent Bank pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Amalgamated Financial pays out 19.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Independent Bank pays out 50.8% 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 increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Independent Bank has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Independent Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Independent Bank had 4 more articles in the media than Amalgamated Financial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Independent Bank and 1 mentions for Amalgamated Financial. Independent Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Amalgamated Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Independent Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Amalgamated Financial has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Independent Bank has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the broader market.

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

75.9% of Amalgamated Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.4% of Independent Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Amalgamated Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Independent Bank shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Amalgamated Financial has a net margin of 22.33% compared to Independent Bank's net margin of 19.14%. Amalgamated Financial's return on equity of 13.89% beat Independent Bank's return on equity.

Amalgamated Financial currently has a consensus target price of $44.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.30%. Independent Bank has a consensus target price of $90.71, indicating a potential upside of 8.20%. Given Independent Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Independent Bank is more favorable than Amalgamated Financial.