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$68.26 +0.30 (+0.44%)
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BANR vs. ABCB, CATY, FFBC, FRME, HFWA, HWC, PPBI, STBA, TOWN, and UBSI

Should you be buying Banner stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banner include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Heritage Financial (HFWA), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Towne Bank (TOWN), and United Bankshares (UBSI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Banner vs. Its Competitors

Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) and Banner (NASDAQ:BANR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Ameris Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $71.43, indicating a potential upside of 6.09%. Banner has a consensus price target of $70.83, indicating a potential upside of 3.77%. Given Ameris Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Ameris Bancorp is more favorable than Banner.

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
Banner
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp and Ameris Bancorp both had 4 articles in the media. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Banner's score of 0.39 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ameris Bancorp
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Banner
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Banner pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banner pays out 37.7% 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.

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Banner shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Banner shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banner has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Banner's net margin of 20.77%. Banner's return on equity of 9.95% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
Banner 20.77%9.95%1.10%

Ameris Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Banner. Ameris Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banner, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ameris Bancorp$1.12B4.13$358.68M$5.4012.47
Banner$832.99M2.83$168.90M$5.0913.41

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Banner on 14 of the 17 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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BANR vs. The Competition

MetricBannerFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.36B$619.12M$11.87B$8.92B
Dividend Yield2.80%3.29%5.53%4.04%
P/E Ratio13.4110.2219.9720.12
Price / Sales2.832.2125.7093.35
Price / Cash12.1815.2018.7228.59
Price / Book1.331.022.265.57
Net Income$168.90M$33.50M$990.08M$248.40M
7 Day Performance2.43%1.23%0.87%6.04%
1 Month Performance9.36%3.68%3.68%7.69%
1 Year Performance42.77%17.84%540.88%20.97%

Banner Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BANR
Banner
2.7099 of 5 stars
$68.26
+0.4%
$70.83
+3.8%
+43.5%$2.36B$832.99M13.411,956
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
2.6223 of 5 stars
$64.77
-0.2%
$71.43
+10.3%
+37.0%$4.46B$1.12B12.432,850
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
3.7611 of 5 stars
$45.53
-0.3%
$50.17
+10.2%
+30.4%$3.20B$1.39B11.501,266News Coverage
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.5173 of 5 stars
$24.26
-0.4%
$28.75
+18.5%
+17.5%$2.33B$1.62B10.072,090
FRME
First Merchants
4.7806 of 5 stars
$38.30
-0.9%
$46.40
+21.1%
+24.4%$2.25B$1.07B10.762,120Positive News
HFWA
Heritage Financial
2.845 of 5 stars
$23.84
flat
$27.67
+16.1%
+47.8%$813.08M$317.18M16.11830News Coverage
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.4542 of 5 stars
$57.40
-0.4%
$61.25
+6.7%
+30.8%$4.94B$2.06B10.593,476News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.7182 of 5 stars
$21.09
+0.1%
$27.25
+29.2%
+3.5%$2.04B$905.41M13.881,325Positive News
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.2185 of 5 stars
$37.82
-0.5%
$41.67
+10.2%
+21.5%$1.46B$564.96M10.901,206
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.8957 of 5 stars
$34.18
-0.5%
$40.00
+17.0%
+32.9%$2.58B$1.03B14.482,720Positive News
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.172 of 5 stars
$36.43
flat
$40.63
+11.5%
+19.7%$5.18B$1.63B13.542,553Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:BANR) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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