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Brookline Bancorp (BRKL) Competitors

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$10.82 +0.04 (+0.37%)
Closing price 07/25/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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BRKL vs. ABCB, CNOB, FFBC, HOPE, PPBI, RNST, SFNC, UBSI, FCF, and PFS

Should you be buying Brookline Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookline Bancorp include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Renasant (RNST), Simmons First National (SFNC), United Bankshares (UBSI), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), and Provident Financial Services (PFS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Brookline Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

Brookline Bancorp (NASDAQ:BRKL) and Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Brookline Bancorp has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Brookline Bancorp had 10 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Brookline Bancorp and 7 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Brookline Bancorp's score of 0.79 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Brookline Bancorp
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ameris Bancorp
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Brookline Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $15.25, indicating a potential upside of 40.94%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus target price of $71.43, indicating a potential upside of 7.75%. Given Brookline Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brookline Bancorp is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Brookline Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

78.9% of Brookline Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Brookline Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Brookline Bancorp's net margin of 12.12%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat Brookline Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Brookline Bancorp12.12% 6.69% 0.71%
Ameris Bancorp 21.46%9.57%1.32%

Ameris Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Brookline Bancorp. Brookline Bancorp 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
Brookline Bancorp$654.14M1.47$68.71M$0.8912.16
Ameris Bancorp$1.12B4.07$358.68M$5.4012.28

Brookline Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Brookline Bancorp pays out 60.7% 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 Brookline Bancorp on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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BRKL vs. The Competition

MetricBrookline BancorpFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$960.55M$611.38M$12.28B$9.50B
Dividend Yield5.01%3.38%5.54%4.01%
P/E Ratio12.169.9919.0520.08
Price / Sales1.471.8126.1489.30
Price / Cash12.7015.1121.6358.56
Price / Book0.771.002.205.88
Net Income$68.71M$33.50M$998.02M$258.89M
7 Day Performance-2.43%-0.47%0.60%3.71%
1 Month Performance2.08%2.84%3.48%11.72%
1 Year Performance3.05%5.46%536.57%18.00%

Brookline Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRKL
Brookline Bancorp
4.8492 of 5 stars
$10.82
+0.4%
$15.25
+40.9%
+3.8%$960.55M$654.14M12.16850News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.2323 of 5 stars
$66.67
-1.0%
$71.43
+7.1%
+8.9%$4.59B$1.12B12.802,850Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CNOB
ConnectOne Bancorp
4.8823 of 5 stars
$24.93
-0.8%
$28.50
+14.3%
-0.5%$959.06M$270.12M13.48520Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.4529 of 5 stars
$24.59
-1.1%
$28.75
+16.9%
-8.1%$2.35B$1.62B10.202,090Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Gap Up
HOPE
Hope Bancorp
4.7521 of 5 stars
$11.36
-0.3%
$13.50
+18.8%
-21.3%$1.45B$467.09M14.561,244Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.7164 of 5 stars
$21.95
-0.7%
$27.25
+24.1%
-15.5%$2.13B$541.46M14.441,325News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
RNST
Renasant
3.8632 of 5 stars
$38.47
-0.9%
$41.00
+6.6%
+0.7%$3.66B$668.50M11.762,330News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
SFNC
Simmons First National
4.8047 of 5 stars
$20.08
+0.1%
$22.67
+12.9%
-9.8%$2.53B$1.46B15.812,946Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.8985 of 5 stars
$37.15
-0.4%
$40.63
+9.4%
-5.6%$5.28B$1.63B13.812,553News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
FCF
First Commonwealth Financial
3.8587 of 5 stars
$16.78
-0.7%
$18.92
+12.7%
-12.6%$1.76B$479.86M12.521,545Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
PFS
Provident Financial Services
3.736 of 5 stars
$18.42
-1.1%
$23.60
+28.1%
+2.7%$2.40B$1.14B16.601,801Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:BRKL) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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