GBCI vs. ABCB, BANR, CATY, FFBC, PPBI, SSB, TOWN, UBSI, WSFS, and HOMB
Should you be buying Glacier Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Glacier Bancorp include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Banner (BANR), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), SouthState (SSB), Towne Bank (TOWN), United Bankshares (UBSI), WSFS Financial (WSFS), and Home BancShares (HOMB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Glacier Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Glacier Bancorp (NASDAQ:GBCI) and Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and risk.
Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Glacier Bancorp's net margin of 14.99%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat Glacier Bancorp's return on equity.
Glacier Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Glacier Bancorp pays out 71.0% 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.
Ameris Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Glacier Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Glacier Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
80.2% of Glacier Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Glacier Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Glacier Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Glacier Bancorp and 5 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Glacier Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 0.67 indicating that Glacier Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Glacier Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $50.83, suggesting a potential upside of 7.97%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus price target of $71.43, suggesting a potential upside of 5.45%. Given Glacier Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Glacier Bancorp is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.
Glacier Bancorp has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ameris Bancorp beats Glacier Bancorp on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:GBCI) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff