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$27.72 +0.78 (+2.90%)
Closing price 07/1/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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DCOM vs. ABCB, CNOB, CVBF, FRME, OCFC, PPBI, SBCF, TOWN, VBTX, and WSFS

Should you be buying Dime Community Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dime Community Bancshares include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), CVB Financial (CVBF), First Merchants (FRME), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida (SBCF), Towne Bank (TOWN), Veritex (VBTX), and WSFS Financial (WSFS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Dime Community Bancshares vs. Its Competitors

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

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dime Community Bancshares has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ameris Bancorp$1.12B4.07$358.68M$5.4012.28
Dime Community Bancshares$646.19M1.88$29.08M$0.6344.00

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Dime Community Bancshares' net margin of 5.08%. 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 Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
Dime Community Bancshares 5.08%6.05%0.53%

Ameris Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $71.43, suggesting a potential upside of 7.75%. Dime Community Bancshares has a consensus target price of $36.88, suggesting a potential upside of 33.03%. Given Dime Community Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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

In the previous week, Dime Community Bancshares had 11 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Dime Community Bancshares and 3 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Dime Community Bancshares' score of 0.52 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)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Dime Community Bancshares
3 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Dime Community Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dime Community Bancshares pays out 158.7% 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.

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Dime Community Bancshares on 11 of the 20 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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DCOM vs. The Competition

MetricDime Community BancsharesBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.18B$1.88B$12.00B$8.94B
Dividend Yield3.71%2.73%5.61%4.12%
P/E Ratio44.0012.1619.9319.74
Price / Sales1.882.2825.68109.12
Price / Cash15.8511.9321.1757.06
Price / Book0.851.192.235.37
Net Income$29.08M$154.64M$1.00B$248.34M
7 Day Performance7.40%3.78%2.04%1.67%
1 Month Performance9.01%5.62%3.57%4.56%
1 Year Performance33.98%25.90%539.63%18.42%

Dime Community Bancshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DCOM
Dime Community Bancshares
3.9711 of 5 stars
$27.72
+2.9%
$36.88
+33.0%
+38.0%$1.18B$646.19M44.00820Dividend Cut
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
2.5925 of 5 stars
$64.77
-0.2%
$71.43
+10.3%
+31.7%$4.46B$1.12B12.432,850
CNOB
ConnectOne Bancorp
4.8983 of 5 stars
$23.16
-1.0%
$28.50
+23.1%
+26.1%$900.20M$534.62M12.52520
CVBF
CVB Financial
3.6102 of 5 stars
$19.79
+0.6%
$23.50
+18.7%
+20.2%$2.71B$684.59M13.651,089Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
FRME
First Merchants
4.7213 of 5 stars
$38.30
-0.9%
$46.40
+21.1%
+21.2%$2.25B$1.07B10.762,120
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
4.2138 of 5 stars
$17.61
-0.6%
$20.67
+17.4%
+17.7%$1.03B$692.36M11.51960
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.5884 of 5 stars
$21.09
+0.1%
$27.25
+29.2%
-2.7%$2.04B$905.41M13.881,325Analyst Revision
SBCF
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida
2.2344 of 5 stars
$27.62
+0.5%
$29.20
+5.7%
+22.2%$2.36B$808.99M18.541,504Positive News
High Trading Volume
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.7898 of 5 stars
$34.18
-0.5%
$40.00
+17.0%
+29.1%$2.58B$1.03B14.482,720
VBTX
Veritex
4.6741 of 5 stars
$26.10
-0.2%
$30.25
+15.9%
+29.4%$1.42B$797.62M12.79770News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.1022 of 5 stars
$55.00
-0.1%
$62.75
+14.1%
+23.3%$3.12B$1.40B12.362,309News Coverage
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:DCOM) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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