CNOB vs. ABCB, BRKL, BUSE, FRME, OCFC, PPBI, TOWN, WASH, WSFS, and PFS
Should you be buying ConnectOne Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ConnectOne Bancorp include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), First Busey (BUSE), First Merchants (FRME), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Towne Bank (TOWN), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), WSFS Financial (WSFS), and Provident Financial Services (PFS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
ConnectOne Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
ConnectOne Bancorp (NASDAQ:CNOB) and Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.
ConnectOne Bancorp has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ConnectOne Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. ConnectOne Bancorp pays out 82.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ConnectOne Bancorp has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. ConnectOne Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
67.7% of ConnectOne Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of ConnectOne Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to ConnectOne Bancorp's net margin of 6.85%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat ConnectOne Bancorp's return on equity.
ConnectOne Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $30.25, indicating a potential upside of 32.50%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus target price of $72.14, indicating a potential upside of 7.52%. Given ConnectOne Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ConnectOne Bancorp is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.
Ameris Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than ConnectOne Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ConnectOne Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, ConnectOne Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for ConnectOne Bancorp and 11 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. ConnectOne Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 1.41 indicating that ConnectOne Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Ameris Bancorp beats ConnectOne Bancorp on 10 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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This page (NASDAQ:CNOB) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
