Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate ABCB or DCOM?

Ameris Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $72.14, suggesting a potential downside of 3.58%. Dime Community Bancshares has a consensus price target of $36.88, suggesting a potential upside of 21.46%. Given Dime Community Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Dime Community Bancshares is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ameris Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Dime Community Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ABCB or DCOM?

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, ABCB or DCOM?

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dime Community Bancshares has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ABCB or DCOM?

In the previous week, Dime Community Bancshares had 3 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Dime Community Bancshares and 5 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Dime Community Bancshares' score of 0.57 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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
Dime Community Bancshares	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ABCB or DCOM more profitable?

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Dime Community Bancshares' net margin of 6.74%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat Dime Community Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ameris Bancorp	21.46%	9.57%	1.32%
Dime Community Bancshares	6.74%	6.90%	0.62%

Which has better valuation and earnings, ABCB or DCOM?

Ameris Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Dime Community Bancshares. Ameris Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dime Community Bancshares, 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
Ameris Bancorp	$1.13B	4.56	$358.68M	$5.68	13.17
Dime Community Bancshares	$358.33M	3.72	$29.08M	$0.84	36.14

Is ABCB or DCOM a better dividend stock?

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Dime Community Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dime Community Bancshares pays out 119.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Dime Community Bancshares has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Dime Community Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Dime Community Bancshares on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.