EGBN vs. ABCB, CVBF, FFBC, HOPE, OBK, PPBI, UBSI, WSBC, WSFS, and PFS
Should you be buying Eagle Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eagle Bancorp include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), CVB Financial (CVBF), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), United Bankshares (UBSI), WesBanco (WSBC), WSFS Financial (WSFS), and Provident Financial Services (PFS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Eagle Bancorp vs. Its 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, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
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.
Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Eagle Bancorp's net margin of -6.52%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat Eagle Bancorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Eagle Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 2 mentions for Eagle Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Eagle Bancorp's score of -0.47 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Eagle Bancorp has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Eagle Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $21.75, suggesting a potential upside of 3.13%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus target price of $71.43, suggesting a potential upside of 6.09%. Given Ameris Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ameris Bancorp is more favorable than Eagle Bancorp.
Eagle Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Eagle Bancorp pays out -44.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% 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.
Summary
Ameris Bancorp beats Eagle Bancorp on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:EGBN) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff