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BOK Financial (BOKF) Competitors

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$103.91 +2.33 (+2.29%)
As of 07/8/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

BOKF vs. ABCB, CATY, FFBC, HWC, PPBI, WTFC, ASB, FNB, HOMB, and SNV

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), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Associated Banc (ASB), F.N.B. (FNB), Home BancShares (HOMB), and Synovus Financial (SNV). 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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and dividends.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BOK Financial$3.48B1.92$523.57M$8.7011.94
Ameris Bancorp$1.12B4.13$358.68M$5.4012.47

In the previous week, BOK Financial had 4 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for BOK Financial and 4 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat BOK Financial's score of 0.60 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BOK Financial
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
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

BOK Financial presently has a consensus price target of $110.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.34%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus price target of $71.43, indicating a potential upside of 6.09%. Given BOK Financial's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe BOK Financial is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BOK Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.27
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

BOK Financial has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% 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.

34.4% of BOK Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 60.1% of BOK Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

BOK Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. BOK Financial pays out 26.2% 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. BOK Financial has increased 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.

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to BOK Financial's net margin of 16.39%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat BOK Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BOK Financial16.39% 9.51% 1.05%
Ameris Bancorp 21.46%9.57%1.32%

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats BOK Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BOKF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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BOKF vs. The Competition

MetricBOK FinancialBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.53B$2.26B$11.92B$8.94B
Dividend Yield2.24%2.42%5.56%4.04%
P/E Ratio11.9413.5419.9820.11
Price / Sales1.922.5125.32119.76
Price / Cash11.0413.4221.4457.86
Price / Book1.201.372.265.56
Net Income$523.57M$143.71M$990.08M$248.40M
7 Day Performance1.68%0.44%0.22%4.67%
1 Month Performance8.61%5.36%2.87%6.64%
1 Year Performance16.40%30.38%541.16%21.31%

BOK Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BOKF
BOK Financial
4.4471 of 5 stars
$103.91
+2.3%
$110.50
+6.3%
+18.2%$6.53B$3.48B11.945,056Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
2.6184 of 5 stars
$64.77
-0.2%
$71.43
+10.3%
+38.5%$4.46B$1.12B12.432,850
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
3.7558 of 5 stars
$45.53
-0.3%
$50.17
+10.2%
+30.9%$3.20B$1.39B11.501,266
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.5038 of 5 stars
$24.26
-0.4%
$28.75
+18.5%
+18.3%$2.33B$1.62B10.072,090
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.6142 of 5 stars
$57.40
-0.4%
$61.25
+6.7%
+33.5%$4.94B$2.06B10.593,476News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.7139 of 5 stars
$21.09
+0.1%
$27.25
+29.2%
+4.5%$2.04B$905.41M13.881,325
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.4678 of 5 stars
$123.98
+0.5%
$135.77
+9.5%
+37.7%$8.25B$3.97B12.265,903Analyst Forecast
ASB
Associated Banc
4.5746 of 5 stars
$24.40
-0.2%
$26.00
+6.6%
+26.3%$4.05B$2.39B28.374,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FNB
F.N.B.
4.2738 of 5 stars
$14.59
+0.3%
$17.57
+20.4%
+17.7%$5.24B$2.57B11.584,280
HOMB
Home BancShares
3.0339 of 5 stars
$28.46
-0.4%
$32.40
+13.8%
+26.9%$5.64B$1.47B13.552,552Upcoming Earnings
SNV
Synovus Financial
4.786 of 5 stars
$51.80
+0.2%
$56.56
+9.2%
+39.7%$7.19B$3.43B14.514,775Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:BOKF) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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