Eagle Bancorp (EGBN) Competitors

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

Is EGBN or ABCB more profitable?

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Eagle Bancorp's net margin of -4.60%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat Eagle Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eagle Bancorp	-4.60%	-2.54%	-0.28%
Ameris Bancorp	21.46%	9.57%	1.32%

Do analysts prefer EGBN or ABCB?

Eagle Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.13%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus target price of $72.14, indicating a potential upside of 3.02%. Given Eagle Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Eagle Bancorp is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eagle Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Ameris Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Is EGBN or ABCB a better dividend stock?

Eagle Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Eagle Bancorp pays out -64.7% 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. Eagle Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, EGBN or ABCB?

Ameris Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Eagle Bancorp. Eagle Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameris Bancorp, 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
Eagle Bancorp	$707.50M	0.79	-$47.03M	-$1.02	-18.04
Ameris Bancorp	$1.13B	4.27	$358.68M	$5.68	12.33

Does the media prefer EGBN or ABCB?

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 12 more articles in the media than Eagle Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 1 mentions for Eagle Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Eagle Bancorp's score of 1.38 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Eagle Bancorp	Positive
Ameris Bancorp	Very Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in EGBN or ABCB?

78.0% of Eagle Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Eagle Bancorp 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, EGBN or ABCB?

Eagle Bancorp has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Eagle Bancorp on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.