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Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB) Competitors

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$34.90 -1.11 (-3.07%)
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AUB vs. ABCB, CATY, FRME, FULT, TOWN, UBSI, WSBC, WSFS, FNB, and BSBR

Should you be buying Atlantic Union Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atlantic Union Bankshares include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Merchants (FRME), Fulton Financial (FULT), Towne Bank (TOWN), United Bankshares (UBSI), WesBanco (WSBC), WSFS Financial (WSFS), F.N.B. (FNB), and Banco Santander Brasil (BSBR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Atlantic Union Bankshares vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Atlantic Union Bankshares had 12 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Atlantic Union Bankshares and 0 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Atlantic Union Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 1.21 indicating that Atlantic Union Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Atlantic Union Bankshares Positive
Ameris Bancorp Positive

Atlantic Union Bankshares currently has a consensus price target of $41.56, indicating a potential upside of 19.09%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus price target of $72.14, indicating a potential downside of 1.97%. Given Atlantic Union Bankshares' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Atlantic Union Bankshares is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Atlantic Union Bankshares
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Atlantic Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Atlantic Union Bankshares pays out 66.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% 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. Atlantic Union Bankshares has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Atlantic Union Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Ameris Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Atlantic Union Bankshares. Ameris Bancorp 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
Atlantic Union Bankshares$1.05B4.73$209.13M$2.0616.94
Ameris Bancorp$1.13B4.48$358.68M$5.6812.96

Atlantic Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

78.6% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Atlantic Union Bankshares' net margin of 15.53%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat Atlantic Union Bankshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Atlantic Union Bankshares15.53% 8.50% 1.06%
Ameris Bancorp 21.46%9.57%1.32%

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Atlantic Union Bankshares on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AUB vs. The Competition

MetricAtlantic Union BanksharesState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.97B$1.09B$12.59B$10.49B
Dividend Yield3.77%10.12%5.60%4.80%
P/E Ratio15.249.1729.9927.32
Price / Sales4.733.3729.75194.55
Price / Cash11.6210.1122.4961.53
Price / Book1.001.032.326.81
Net Income$209.13M$885.92M$1.02B$276.59M
7 Day Performance-3.35%-0.46%-0.08%0.15%
1 Month Performance-0.08%-0.85%-0.25%8.17%
1 Year Performance-10.34%1.90%536.74%35.50%

Atlantic Union Bankshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AUB
Atlantic Union Bankshares
4.971 of 5 stars
$34.90
-3.1%
$41.56
+19.1%
-6.7%$4.97B$1.05B15.241,880News Coverage
Positive News
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.2167 of 5 stars
$74.83
+1.4%
$72.14
-3.6%
+17.1%$5.13B$1.13B14.362,850
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
3.6742 of 5 stars
$49.03
+1.5%
$50.17
+2.3%
+10.5%$3.34B$1.39B11.841,266Upcoming Earnings
FRME
First Merchants
4.9441 of 5 stars
$38.49
+1.3%
$48.00
+24.7%
-0.2%$2.19B$1.07B9.972,120Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
FULT
Fulton Financial
4.558 of 5 stars
$18.69
+1.9%
$21.13
+13.0%
+0.6%$3.34B$1.86B10.933,400Upcoming Earnings
TOWN
Towne Bank
4.4317 of 5 stars
$34.37
-0.2%
$41.00
+19.3%
-1.8%$2.58B$1.03B14.942,720News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.8177 of 5 stars
$37.58
+1.0%
$40.50
+7.8%
-1.1%$5.27B$1.12B13.282,553
WSBC
WesBanco
4.9492 of 5 stars
$33.45
+2.0%
$38.83
+16.1%
+10.6%$3.15B$953.62M20.152,195Upcoming Earnings
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.6865 of 5 stars
$54.53
+1.1%
$66.25
+21.5%
+6.1%$3.02B$1.40B11.962,309
FNB
F.N.B.
4.6319 of 5 stars
$16.48
+1.4%
$18.64
+13.1%
+12.6%$5.84B$2.57B12.884,280News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
BSBR
Banco Santander Brasil
3.6506 of 5 stars
$5.40
-1.6%
$5.35
-0.9%
-2.6%$20.48B$25.44B6.6755,646Dividend Increase

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This page (NASDAQ:AUB) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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