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FULT vs. ABCB, CATY, FFBC, FRME, HWC, ONB, WSFS, WTFC, ASB, and FNB

Should you be buying Fulton Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fulton Financial include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Old National Bancorp (ONB), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Associated Banc (ASB), and F.N.B. (FNB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Fulton Financial vs. Its Competitors

Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) and Fulton Financial (NASDAQ:FULT) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Ameris Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $71.43, indicating a potential upside of 4.76%. Fulton Financial has a consensus target price of $20.88, indicating a potential upside of 6.67%. Given Fulton Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fulton Financial 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
Fulton Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Fulton Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fulton Financial pays out 42.4% 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. Fulton Financial has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Fulton Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Fulton Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Fulton Financial and 7 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Fulton Financial's score of 0.84 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
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Fulton Financial
3 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 higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fulton Financial. Fulton Financial 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
Ameris Bancorp$1.12B4.18$358.68M$5.4012.63
Fulton Financial$1.86B1.91$288.74M$1.7011.51

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Fulton Financial's net margin of 16.59%. Fulton Financial's return on equity of 12.19% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
Fulton Financial 16.59%12.19%1.14%

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fulton Financial has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.0% of Fulton Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Fulton Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Fulton Financial on 13 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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FULT vs. The Competition

MetricFulton FinancialBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.56B$881.66M$12.00B$9.13B
Dividend Yield3.77%3.15%5.54%4.01%
P/E Ratio11.5119.6019.2819.57
Price / Sales1.912.3126.0979.65
Price / Cash10.2315.9618.5527.51
Price / Book1.191.132.295.56
Net Income$288.74M$54.19M$992.75M$252.37M
7 Day Performance3.33%0.88%0.81%3.11%
1 Month Performance14.04%8.23%4.35%11.74%
1 Year Performance12.41%22.01%541.09%17.41%

Fulton Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FULT
Fulton Financial
2.9395 of 5 stars
$19.57
+2.4%
$20.88
+6.7%
+9.8%$3.56B$1.86B11.513,400Upcoming Earnings
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.3872 of 5 stars
$67.04
-1.0%
$71.43
+6.5%
+23.4%$4.62B$1.12B12.872,850News Coverage
Positive News
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
4.0789 of 5 stars
$47.31
-1.4%
$50.17
+6.0%
+22.1%$3.36B$1.39B11.951,266
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.4333 of 5 stars
$25.49
-1.4%
$28.75
+12.8%
+8.3%$2.48B$1.62B10.582,090Analyst Downgrade
FRME
First Merchants
4.76 of 5 stars
$40.27
-1.2%
$46.40
+15.2%
+15.8%$2.38B$1.07B11.312,120Positive News
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.5605 of 5 stars
$59.95
-1.8%
$63.29
+5.6%
+20.1%$5.23B$2.06B11.063,476News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
ONB
Old National Bancorp
4.9405 of 5 stars
$22.58
-0.8%
$25.90
+14.7%
+27.5%$7.28B$2.96B13.134,066Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WSFS
WSFS Financial
3.4542 of 5 stars
$58.17
-1.5%
$62.75
+7.9%
+17.8%$3.35B$1.40B13.072,309Positive News
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.6478 of 5 stars
$130.61
-1.0%
$135.77
+4.0%
+26.7%$8.83B$3.97B12.925,903News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
ASB
Associated Banc
4.8284 of 5 stars
$25.53
-1.3%
$26.44
+3.6%
+17.4%$4.29B$2.39B29.694,000News Coverage
FNB
F.N.B.
3.9306 of 5 stars
$15.52
-0.4%
$17.57
+13.2%
+9.7%$5.61B$2.57B12.324,280News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:FULT) was last updated on 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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