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