Amerant Bancorp - AMTB Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Amerant Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" AMTB shares.
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2 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Amerant Bancorp's stock. Their AMTB share price forecasts range from $33.00 to $36.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $34.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.0% from the stock's current price.
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Amerant Bancorp's stock was trading at $34.55 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, AMTB shares have decreased by 13.8% and is now trading at $29.77.
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Amerant Bancorp saw a drop in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 450,200 shares, a drop of 9.7% from the October 31st total of 498,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 70,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.4 days. Currently, 1.9% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 18th 2023.
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Amerant Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:AMTB) issued its earnings results on Thursday, October, 20th. The company reported $0.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.08. The company earned $85.85 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $81.43 million. Amerant Bancorp had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.47% and a net margin of 26.80%.

Amerant Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, October 24th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.09 per share on Wednesday, November 30th. This represents a $0.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.21%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 14th.
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Amerant Bancorp (NASDAQ:AMTB) pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.20%. The dividend payout ratio is 1.95%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AMTB will have a dividend payout ratio of 2.20% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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15 employees have rated Amerant Bancorp Chief Executive Officer Jerry Plush on Glassdoor.com. Jerry Plush has an approval rating of 70% among the company's employees. 65.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Amerant Bancorp to a friend.

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(AMTB) raised $82 million in an IPO on the week of December 17th 2018. The company issued 6,300,000 shares at a price of $13.00 per share. Raymond James, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (A Stifel Company) and Stephens served as the underwriters for the IPO and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and FIG Partners were co-managers.

Amerant Bancorp trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "AMTB."

Amerant Bancorp's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.69%), Vanguard Group Inc. (4.17%), State Street Corp (1.92%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.45%), Foundry Partners LLC (0.39%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (0.38%). Insiders that own company stock include A Gustavo J Vollmer, Frederick C Copeland Jr, Gerald P Plush, Howard A Levine, John Quelch, M Gustavo Marturet, Miguel Palacios, Millar Wilson and Samantha Holroyd.
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Shares of AMTB stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AMTB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $29.77.

Amerant Bancorp (NASDAQ:AMTB) has a market capitalization of $1.01 billion and generates $368.46 million in revenue each year. The company earns $112.92 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.07 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 677 workers across the globe.

Amerant Bancorp's mailing address is 220 ALHAMBRA CIRCLE, CORAL GABLES FL, 33134. The official website for the company is www.amerantbank.com. The company can be reached via phone at (305) 460-8728 or via email at investorrelations@amerantbank.com.