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Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB) Competitors

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$27.78 -0.06 (-0.22%)
As of 04/30/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

AUB vs. CIB, GGAL, WF, COOP, UWMC, QFIN, OMF, BMA, CADE, and FLG

Should you be buying Atlantic Union Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atlantic Union Bankshares include Bancolombia (CIB), Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), Woori Financial Group (WF), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), UWM (UWMC), Qifu Technology (QFIN), OneMain (OMF), Banco Macro (BMA), Cadence Bank (CADE), and Flagstar Financial (FLG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Atlantic Union Bankshares vs.

Bancolombia (NYSE:CIB) and Atlantic Union Bankshares (NASDAQ:AUB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

78.6% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Atlantic Union Bankshares had 2 more articles in the media than Bancolombia. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Atlantic Union Bankshares and 15 mentions for Bancolombia. Atlantic Union Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Bancolombia's score of 0.16 indicating that Atlantic Union Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bancolombia
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Atlantic Union Bankshares
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Bancolombia has higher revenue and earnings than Atlantic Union Bankshares. Bancolombia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlantic Union Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bancolombia$27.89T0.00$1.22B$6.306.37
Atlantic Union Bankshares$857.44M2.92$209.13M$2.1912.68

Bancolombia received 298 more outperform votes than Atlantic Union Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.54% of users gave Atlantic Union Bankshares an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave Bancolombia an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BancolombiaOutperform Votes
322
58.33%
Underperform Votes
230
41.67%
Atlantic Union BanksharesOutperform Votes
24
61.54%
Underperform Votes
15
38.46%

Atlantic Union Bankshares has a net margin of 15.53% compared to Bancolombia's net margin of 14.14%. Bancolombia's return on equity of 14.61% beat Atlantic Union Bankshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bancolombia14.14% 14.61% 1.69%
Atlantic Union Bankshares 15.53%8.50%1.06%

Bancolombia pays an annual dividend of $6.77 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.9%. Atlantic Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Bancolombia pays out 107.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Atlantic Union Bankshares pays out 62.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atlantic Union Bankshares has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Bancolombia has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlantic Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Bancolombia currently has a consensus price target of $39.25, suggesting a potential downside of 2.27%. Atlantic Union Bankshares has a consensus price target of $39.40, suggesting a potential upside of 41.83%. Given Atlantic Union Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Atlantic Union Bankshares is more favorable than Bancolombia.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bancolombia
3 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
Atlantic Union Bankshares
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Summary

Atlantic Union Bankshares beats Bancolombia on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AUB vs. The Competition

MetricAtlantic Union BanksharesState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.50B$3.06B$11.11B$7.82B
Dividend Yield5.06%3.87%5.79%4.22%
P/E Ratio12.1323.1221.9918.48
Price / Sales2.923.0026.08103.91
Price / Cash11.6210.6317.6034.62
Price / Book0.791.152.654.25
Net Income$209.13M$372.21M$1.03B$248.23M
7 Day Performance5.64%0.62%1.35%3.29%
1 Month Performance-9.49%-1.26%-0.66%2.42%
1 Year Performance-12.48%18.38%536.11%5.54%

Atlantic Union Bankshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AUB
Atlantic Union Bankshares
4.654 of 5 stars
$27.78
-0.2%
$39.40
+41.8%
-12.5%$2.50B$857.44M12.131,880Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
CIB
Bancolombia
1.5348 of 5 stars
$40.63
-2.7%
$39.25
-3.4%
+22.7%$9.77B$27.89T6.4533,100Upcoming Earnings
Ex-Dividend
Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
GGAL
Grupo Financiero Galicia
3.1041 of 5 stars
$62.26
-1.8%
$59.00
-5.2%
+86.2%$9.18B$7.27T9.1712,012News Coverage
Positive News
WF
Woori Financial Group
3.5345 of 5 stars
$35.54
-0.9%
N/A+18.8%$8.80B$12.62T4.62150Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
COOP
Mr. Cooper Group
4.8981 of 5 stars
$115.26
-1.3%
$131.14
+13.8%
+54.2%$7.37B$3.02B11.326,600Options Volume
Positive News
UWMC
UWM
3.1793 of 5 stars
$4.57
+2.7%
$7.21
+57.9%
-25.4%$7.30B$1.42B-19.878,000Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
QFIN
Qifu Technology
3.8047 of 5 stars
$40.49
-1.1%
$45.10
+11.4%
+124.3%$6.38B$14.04B8.202,199Short Interest ↓
Positive News
OMF
OneMain
4.9441 of 5 stars
$49.29
+1.0%
$58.17
+18.0%
-9.7%$5.88B$4.54B11.639,200Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
BMA
Banco Macro
2.4929 of 5 stars
$91.57
-2.4%
$54.50
-40.5%
+63.2%$5.85B$4.52T8.038,000
CADE
Cadence Bank
4.7827 of 5 stars
$29.06
+0.7%
$37.36
+28.6%
+5.8%$5.30B$921.95M10.496,570Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
FLG
Flagstar Financial
1.7108 of 5 stars
$11.85
+1.0%
$13.25
+11.8%
N/A$4.91B$2.58B-3.218,766Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision

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