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$31.97 -1.36 (-4.07%)
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AUB vs. ABCB, CATY, FFBC, FRME, FULT, SSB, TOWN, UBSI, 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 Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Fulton Financial (FULT), SouthState (SSB), Towne Bank (TOWN), United Bankshares (UBSI), 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 better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlantic Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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
Ameris Bancorp$1.12B4.03$358.68M$5.4012.18
Atlantic Union Bankshares$857.44M5.31$209.13M$2.1914.60

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Atlantic Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atlantic Union Bankshares pays out 62.1% 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 raised 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.

In the previous week, Atlantic Union Bankshares had 3 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Atlantic Union Bankshares and 8 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Atlantic Union Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 1.15 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
Ameris Bancorp
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Atlantic Union Bankshares
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
Atlantic Union Bankshares 15.53%8.50%1.06%

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Ameris Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $71.43, indicating a potential upside of 8.64%. Atlantic Union Bankshares has a consensus price target of $39.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.98%. Given Atlantic Union Bankshares' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Atlantic Union Bankshares is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Atlantic Union Bankshares
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Atlantic Union Bankshares on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AUB vs. The Competition

MetricAtlantic Union BanksharesState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.56B$1.36B$11.92B$9.30B
Dividend Yield4.04%8.51%5.55%4.02%
P/E Ratio13.969.3718.9819.60
Price / Sales5.313.2826.2674.26
Price / Cash11.629.9618.4927.56
Price / Book0.910.962.275.56
Net Income$209.13M$756.71M$997.60M$257.73M
7 Day Performance-4.19%-1.90%-0.55%0.97%
1 Month Performance4.11%2.90%3.25%10.70%
1 Year Performance-12.83%5.11%541.39%15.67%

Atlantic Union Bankshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AUB
Atlantic Union Bankshares
4.3092 of 5 stars
$31.97
-4.1%
$39.00
+22.0%
-6.9%$4.56B$857.44M13.961,880Positive News
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.3311 of 5 stars
$67.04
-1.0%
$71.43
+6.5%
+25.0%$4.62B$1.12B12.872,850News Coverage
Positive News
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
4.068 of 5 stars
$47.31
-1.4%
$50.17
+6.0%
+25.1%$3.32B$1.39B11.951,266
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.5825 of 5 stars
$25.49
-1.4%
$28.75
+12.8%
+9.7%$2.44B$1.62B10.582,090Analyst Downgrade
FRME
First Merchants
4.741 of 5 stars
$40.27
-1.2%
$46.40
+15.2%
+17.9%$2.35B$1.07B11.312,120News Coverage
Positive News
FULT
Fulton Financial
3.0611 of 5 stars
$18.94
-0.8%
$20.88
+10.2%
+12.4%$3.44B$1.86B11.143,400Earnings Report
SSB
SouthState
4.6072 of 5 stars
$95.93
-1.0%
$116.27
+21.2%
+18.4%$9.74B$1.88B13.785,030Positive News
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.7585 of 5 stars
$35.59
-1.1%
$40.00
+12.4%
+20.5%$2.67B$1.03B15.082,720Positive News
UBSI
United Bankshares
2.9707 of 5 stars
$37.78
-1.6%
$40.63
+7.5%
+11.3%$5.37B$1.63B14.042,553News Coverage
Positive News
WSFS
WSFS Financial
3.4435 of 5 stars
$58.17
-1.5%
$62.75
+7.9%
+19.3%$3.30B$1.40B13.072,309
FNB
F.N.B.
3.915 of 5 stars
$15.52
-0.4%
$17.57
+13.2%
+10.6%$5.58B$2.57B12.324,280Upcoming Earnings
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This page (NASDAQ:AUB) was last updated on 7/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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