Amerant Bancorp (AMTB) Competitors

Amerant Bancorp (NASDAQ:AMTB) and Riot Platforms (NASDAQ:RIOT) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Is AMTB or RIOT more profitable?

Riot Platforms has a net margin of 16.67% compared to Amerant Bancorp's net margin of -8.38%. Amerant Bancorp's return on equity of 6.36% beat Riot Platforms' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amerant Bancorp	-8.38%	6.36%	0.51%
Riot Platforms	16.67%	2.15%	2.02%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AMTB or RIOT?

Riot Platforms received 466 more outperform votes than Amerant Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.65% of users gave Riot Platforms an outperform vote while only 47.76% of users gave Amerant Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Amerant Bancorp	Outperform Votes 64 47.76%	Underperform Votes 70 52.24%
Riot Platforms	Outperform Votes 530 68.65%	Underperform Votes 242 31.35%

Do analysts recommend AMTB or RIOT?

Amerant Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $24.60, suggesting a potential upside of 45.39%. Riot Platforms has a consensus target price of $16.73, suggesting a potential upside of 115.28%. Given Riot Platforms' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Riot Platforms is more favorable than Amerant Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amerant Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Riot Platforms	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.08

Does the media prefer AMTB or RIOT?

In the previous week, Amerant Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Riot Platforms. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Amerant Bancorp and 8 mentions for Riot Platforms. Amerant Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Riot Platforms' score of -0.02 indicating that Amerant Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Amerant Bancorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Riot Platforms	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, AMTB or RIOT?

Amerant Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Riot Platforms. Amerant Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Riot Platforms, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amerant Bancorp	$317.91M	2.23	-$15.75M	-$0.60	-28.20
Riot Platforms	$376.66M	7.23	-$49.47M	$0.39	19.92

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AMTB or RIOT?

42.1% of Amerant Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.3% of Riot Platforms shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Amerant Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Riot Platforms shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, AMTB or RIOT?

Amerant Bancorp has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Riot Platforms has a beta of 4.6, suggesting that its stock price is 360% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Riot Platforms beats Amerant Bancorp on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.