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
Banner (NASDAQ:BANR) and Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
In the previous week, Banner had 4 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Banner and 5 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Banner's score of 0.30 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
87.3% of Banner shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Banner shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Banner has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Banner currently has a consensus target price of $70.83, suggesting a potential upside of 4.40%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus target price of $71.43, suggesting a potential upside of 6.61%. Given Ameris Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ameris Bancorp is more favorable than Banner.
Banner pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Banner pays out 37.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% 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.
Summary
Ameris Bancorp beats Banner on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BANR) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff