BOKF vs. ABCB, CATY, FFBC, HWC, ONB, SFNC, WTFC, ASB, FNB, and HOMB
Should you be buying BOK Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BOK Financial include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Simmons First National (SFNC), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Associated Banc (ASB), F.N.B. (FNB), and Home BancShares (HOMB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
BOK Financial vs. Its Competitors
BOK Financial (NASDAQ:BOKF) and Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.
BOK Financial has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to BOK Financial's net margin of 15.80%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat BOK Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than BOK Financial. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 1 mentions for BOK Financial. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat BOK Financial's score of -0.24 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
34.4% of BOK Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.1% of BOK Financial 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
BOK Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BOK Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BOK Financial currently has a consensus price target of $114.36, indicating a potential upside of 0.27%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus price target of $72.14, indicating a potential downside of 2.87%. Given BOK Financial's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe BOK Financial is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.
BOK Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. BOK Financial pays out 27.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% 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. BOK Financial has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years. BOK Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Ameris Bancorp beats BOK Financial on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:BOKF) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
