Glacier Bancorp (GBCI) 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.

Is GBCI or ABCB more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Glacier Bancorp	14.99%	5.98%	0.68%
Ameris Bancorp	21.46%	9.57%	1.32%

Is GBCI or ABCB a better dividend stock?

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.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, GBCI or ABCB?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Glacier Bancorp	$836.32M	6.39	$190.14M	$1.86	25.31
Ameris Bancorp	$1.12B	4.15	$358.68M	$5.40	12.54

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in GBCI or ABCB?

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.

Does the media favor GBCI or ABCB?

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.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Glacier Bancorp	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ameris Bancorp	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend GBCI or ABCB?

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.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Glacier Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Ameris Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Which has more risk and volatility, GBCI or ABCB?

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.