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$15.03 -0.42 (-2.72%)
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EBC vs. ABCB, BANR, DCOM, FRME, OBK, OCFC, PPBI, SBCF, SSB, and WSFS

Should you be buying Eastern Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eastern Bankshares include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Banner (BANR), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), First Merchants (FRME), Origin Bancorp (OBK), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida (SBCF), SouthState (SSB), and WSFS Financial (WSFS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Eastern Bankshares vs. Its Competitors

Eastern Bankshares (NASDAQ:EBC) and Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Eastern Bankshares has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Ameris Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Eastern Bankshares. Eastern Bankshares 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
Eastern Bankshares$1.09B2.95$119.56M-$0.31-48.48
Ameris Bancorp$1.14B3.98$358.68M$5.6811.60

Eastern Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Eastern Bankshares pays out -167.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% 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. Eastern Bankshares has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Eastern Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 10 more articles in the media than Eastern Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 5 mentions for Eastern Bankshares. Eastern Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 0.67 indicating that Eastern Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Eastern Bankshares' net margin of -6.49%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat Eastern Bankshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Eastern Bankshares-6.49% 7.38% 1.05%
Ameris Bancorp 21.46%9.57%1.32%

Eastern Bankshares currently has a consensus price target of $19.25, indicating a potential upside of 28.08%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus price target of $72.14, indicating a potential upside of 9.46%. Given Eastern Bankshares' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Eastern Bankshares is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Eastern Bankshares
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

71.7% of Eastern Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Eastern Bankshares 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, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Eastern Bankshares on 14 of the 19 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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EBC vs. The Competition

MetricEastern BanksharesBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.30B$844.46M$12.04B$9.53B
Dividend Yield3.37%3.21%5.63%4.09%
P/E Ratio-48.4815.7019.7823.83
Price / Sales2.952.1325.9466.13
Price / Cash14.9548.6321.3357.96
Price / Book0.891.052.095.54
Net Income$119.56M$54.19M$1.00B$259.28M
7 Day Performance-5.83%-3.17%-2.46%-4.67%
1 Month Performance-5.59%-3.26%-0.85%4.38%
1 Year Performance-0.46%11.32%537.09%17.90%

Eastern Bankshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EBC
Eastern Bankshares
4.6434 of 5 stars
$15.03
-2.7%
$19.25
+28.1%
-4.0%$3.30B$1.09B-48.481,998Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.186 of 5 stars
$66.67
-1.0%
$71.43
+7.1%
+12.7%$4.59B$1.12B12.802,850Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
BANR
Banner
3.1344 of 5 stars
$65.93
-0.2%
$70.17
+6.4%
+8.0%$2.29B$832.99M12.561,956Positive News
Dividend Announcement
DCOM
Dime Community Bancshares
4.4364 of 5 stars
$28.62
-0.6%
$36.88
+28.8%
+14.8%$1.26B$646.19M45.43820Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
FRME
First Merchants
4.8696 of 5 stars
$40.90
+0.7%
$46.40
+13.4%
-4.0%$2.37B$1.07B11.492,120Positive News
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.6461 of 5 stars
$37.87
-0.7%
$42.20
+11.4%
+8.7%$1.19B$358.20M15.391,010Positive News
Analyst Revision
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
4.4973 of 5 stars
$18.62
-0.3%
$20.67
+11.0%
-5.3%$1.09B$692.36M12.17960Analyst Revision
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
4.1127 of 5 stars
$21.95
-0.7%
$27.25
+24.1%
-18.1%$2.14B$905.41M14.541,325News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
SBCF
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida
2.1116 of 5 stars
$29.05
-0.4%
$29.20
+0.5%
+3.9%$2.51B$808.99M18.461,504Analyst Forecast
SSB
SouthState
4.6633 of 5 stars
$96.98
-0.8%
$116.45
+20.1%
-2.0%$9.84B$1.88B13.935,030Positive News
Dividend Increase
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.5941 of 5 stars
$57.89
-0.5%
$62.75
+8.4%
-0.8%$3.30B$1.40B13.222,309Analyst Revision

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