Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer AUB or CIB?

Atlantic Union Bankshares presently has a consensus price target of $39.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.09%. Bancolombia has a consensus price target of $39.25, indicating a potential downside of 6.11%. Given Atlantic Union Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Atlantic Union Bankshares is more favorable than Bancolombia.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Atlantic Union Bankshares	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Bancolombia	3 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AUB or CIB?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Atlantic Union Bankshares	$857.44M	4.98	$209.13M	$2.19	13.69
Bancolombia	$27.99T	0.00	$1.22B	$6.24	6.70

Which has more risk and volatility, AUB or CIB?

Atlantic Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bancolombia has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AUB or CIB more profitable?

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
Atlantic Union Bankshares	15.53%	8.50%	1.06%
Bancolombia	14.14%	14.61%	1.69%

Does the media prefer AUB or CIB?

In the previous week, Bancolombia had 2 more articles in the media than Atlantic Union Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Bancolombia and 5 mentions for Atlantic Union Bankshares. Bancolombia's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Atlantic Union Bankshares' score of 0.84 indicating that Bancolombia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Atlantic Union Bankshares	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bancolombia	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AUB or CIB?

Bancolombia received 297 more outperform votes than Atlantic Union Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Atlantic Union Bankshares an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave Bancolombia an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Atlantic Union Bankshares	Outperform Votes 25 62.50%	Underperform Votes 15 37.50%
Bancolombia	Outperform Votes 322 58.33%	Underperform Votes 230 41.67%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of AUB or CIB?

78.6% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is AUB or CIB a better dividend stock?

Atlantic Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Bancolombia pays an annual dividend of $6.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.6%. Atlantic Union Bankshares pays out 62.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bancolombia pays out 104.8% 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 has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Summary

Atlantic Union Bankshares beats Bancolombia on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.