AMTB vs. DCOM, FBMS, BFC, OCFC, SASR, HAFC, CAC, ALRS, AROW, and SHBI
Should you be buying Amerant Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amerant Bancorp include Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), First Bancshares (FBMS), Bank First (BFC), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), Camden National (CAC), Alerus Financial (ALRS), Arrow Financial (AROW), and Shore Bancshares (SHBI). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
Amerant Bancorp (NASDAQ:AMTB) and Dime Community Bancshares (NASDAQ:DCOM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Dime Community Bancshares had 5 more articles in the media than Amerant Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Dime Community Bancshares and 5 mentions for Amerant Bancorp. Dime Community Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Amerant Bancorp's score of -0.40 indicating that Dime Community Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dime Community Bancshares has a net margin of 14.89% compared to Amerant Bancorp's net margin of 5.11%. Dime Community Bancshares' return on equity of 9.85% beat Amerant Bancorp's return on equity.
42.1% of Amerant Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.1% of Amerant Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Amerant Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $26.25, indicating a potential upside of 15.54%. Dime Community Bancshares has a consensus price target of $25.88, indicating a potential upside of 33.45%. Given Dime Community Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dime Community Bancshares is more favorable than Amerant Bancorp.
Dime Community Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Amerant Bancorp. Dime Community Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amerant Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dime Community Bancshares received 157 more outperform votes than Amerant Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 49.42% of users gave Dime Community Bancshares an outperform vote while only 47.06% of users gave Amerant Bancorp an outperform vote.
Amerant Bancorp has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dime Community Bancshares has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Amerant Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Dime Community Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Amerant Bancorp pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dime Community Bancshares pays out 43.7% 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.
Summary
Dime Community Bancshares beats Amerant Bancorp on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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