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Amerant Bancorp (AMTB) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$28.71 +0.02 (+0.07%)
As of 08/21/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

About Amerant Bancorp Stock (NYSE:AMTB)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$28.27
$28.84
50-Day Range
$23.21
$30.52
52-Week Range
$15.62
$30.60
Volume
235,795 shs
Average Volume
428,793 shs
Market Capitalization
$1.13 billion
P/E Ratio
20.65
Dividend Yield
1.25%
Price Target
$27.75
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Amerant Bancorp is the bank holding company and parent of Amerant Bank, a community-oriented financial institution headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida. Amerant Bank delivers a comprehensive range of deposit and lending products to both retail and commercial clients, including checking and savings accounts, certificates of deposit, consumer mortgages, and business lines of credit. In addition, the company offers specialized services such as treasury management, international trade finance, foreign exchange, and asset-based lending to support the complex needs of corporate and high-net-worth customers.

Tracing its roots to the early 1980s, Amerant has grown through a combination of strategic acquisitions and organic expansion. Today, the bank operates more than 30 banking centers across Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties, as well as a footprint in the Houston, Texas market. The company also maintains representative offices in select Latin American markets, underscoring its commitment to facilitating cross-border commerce and serving clients with international business interests.

In August 2022, Amerant Bancorp completed its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker AMTB, transitioning into a publicly traded institution. Its management team brings together seasoned banking executives and industry specialists who oversee strategic planning, risk management and service delivery. Guided by these leaders, Amerant aims to combine community banking values with a broad suite of financial solutions designed to support businesses and individuals through varying economic environments.

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Amerant Bancorp Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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72nd Percentile Overall Score

AMTB MarketRank™: 

Amerant Bancorp scored higher than 72% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 400th out of 837 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Amerant Bancorp has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.67, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 2 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Upside/Downside

    The consensus price target for Amerant Bancorp is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Amerant Bancorp has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Amerant Bancorp's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Amerant Bancorp are expected to grow by 27.03% in the coming year, from $2.22 to $2.82 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Amerant Bancorp is 20.65, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 45.42.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Amerant Bancorp is 20.65, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 29.61.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Amerant Bancorp has a P/B Ratio of 1.24. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Amerant Bancorp's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    3.94% of the float of Amerant Bancorp has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Amerant Bancorp has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.74, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Amerant Bancorp has recently increased by 3.24%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • Dividend Yield

    Amerant Bancorp pays a meaningful dividend of 1.25%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Amerant Bancorp does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Amerant Bancorp is 25.90%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Amerant Bancorp will have a dividend payout ratio of 12.77% next year. This indicates that Amerant Bancorp will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Amerant Bancorp's dividend.
  • News Sentiment

    Amerant Bancorp has a news sentiment score of 0.50. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.88 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Amerant Bancorp this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    2 people have searched for AMTB on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    1 people have added Amerant Bancorp to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Amerant Bancorp insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    2.70% of the stock of Amerant Bancorp is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    42.11% of the stock of Amerant Bancorp is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Amerant Bancorp's insider trading history.
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AMTB Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Amerant Bancorp's stock was trading at $19.47 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AMTB shares have increased by 47.5% and is now trading at $28.71.

Amerant Bancorp Inc. (NYSE:AMTB) posted its earnings results on Thursday, July, 23rd. The company reported $0.53 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.14. The firm earned $183.31 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $98.64 million. Amerant Bancorp had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.30% and a net margin of 8.76%.
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Amerant Bancorp (AMTB) raised $82 million in an initial public offering on the week of December 17th 2018. The company issued 6,300,000 shares at $13.00 per share. Raymond James, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (A Stifel Company) and Stephens acted as the underwriters for the IPO and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and FIG Partners were co-managers.

Amerant Bancorp's top institutional shareholders include Wellington Management Group LLP (13.76%) and Nykredit A S. Insiders that own company stock include Carlos Iafigliola, Armando Fleitas, Odilon Almeida and Howard A Levine.
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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 Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Amerant Bancorp investors own include Waste Connections (WCN), The RMR Group (RMR), AUO (AUOTY), American Water Works (AWK), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC) and Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM).

Company Calendar

Record date for 5/29 Dividend
5/15/2026
Ex-Dividend for 5/29 Dividend
5/15/2026
Dividend Payable
5/29/2026
Last Earnings
7/23/2026
Record date for 8/28 Dividend
8/14/2026
Ex-Dividend for 8/28 Dividend
8/14/2026
Today
8/23/2026
Dividend Payable
8/28/2026
Next Earnings (Estimated)
10/27/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Finance
Industry
Banks
Sub-Industry
Regional Banks
Current Symbol
NYSE:AMTB
Previous Symbol
NYSE:AMTB
CIK
1734342
Fax
N/A
Employees
680
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$32.00
Low Price Target
$23.00
Potential Upside/Downside
-3.3%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.67
Research Coverage
6 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$1.39
Trailing P/E Ratio
20.65
Forward P/E Ratio
12.93
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$52.42 million
Net Margins
8.76%
Pretax Margin
11.03%
Return on Equity
8.30%
Return on Assets
0.76%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
0.87
Current Ratio
0.86
Quick Ratio
0.84

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$676.04 million
Price / Sales
1.66
Cash Flow
$2.00 per share
Price / Cash Flow
14.36
Book Value
$23.13 per share
Price / Book
1.24

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
39,190,000
Free Float
38,132,000
Market Cap
$1.13 billion
Optionable
N/A
Beta
0.87
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This page (NYSE:AMTB) was last updated on 8/24/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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