Coastal Financial (CCB) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, CCB or ABCB?

Coastal Financial has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CCB or ABCB?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Coastal Financial	$416.18M	4.20	$45.22M	$3.25	35.57
Ameris Bancorp	$1.13B	4.57	$358.68M	$5.68	13.20

Do analysts recommend CCB or ABCB?

Coastal Financial presently has a consensus price target of $116.20, suggesting a potential upside of 0.53%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus price target of $72.14, suggesting a potential downside of 3.80%. Given Coastal Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Coastal Financial is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coastal Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20
Ameris Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Does the media favor CCB or ABCB?

In the previous week, Coastal Financial had 18 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Coastal Financial and 5 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Coastal Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 0.75 indicating that Coastal Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coastal Financial	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ameris Bancorp	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CCB or ABCB?

59.2% of Coastal Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 14.1% of Coastal Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CCB or ABCB more profitable?

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Coastal Financial's net margin of 7.02%. Coastal Financial's return on equity of 11.31% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coastal Financial	7.02%	11.31%	1.12%
Ameris Bancorp	21.46%	9.57%	1.32%

Summary

Coastal Financial beats Ameris Bancorp on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.