AUB vs. ABCB, CATY, FRME, FULT, SSB, TOWN, UBSI, WSBC, WSFS, and FNB
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), SouthState (SSB), Towne Bank (TOWN), United Bankshares (UBSI), WesBanco (WSBC), WSFS Financial (WSFS), and F.N.B. (FNB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Atlantic Union Bankshares vs. Its Competitors
Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) and Atlantic Union Bankshares (NASDAQ:AUB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Atlantic Union Bankshares had 6 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Atlantic Union Bankshares and 4 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Atlantic Union Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 0.90 indicating that Atlantic Union Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ameris Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $72.14, indicating a potential downside of 2.37%. Atlantic Union Bankshares has a consensus target price of $41.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.23%. Given Atlantic Union Bankshares' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Atlantic Union Bankshares is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.
Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Atlantic Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atlantic Union Bankshares pays out 66.0% 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.
Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlantic Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are held 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.
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.
Summary
Ameris Bancorp beats Atlantic Union Bankshares on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AUB) was last updated on 10/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff