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HBNC vs. ABCB, BUSE, CNOB, FRME, HOPE, IBCP, OBK, PPBI, QCRH, and WSBC

Should you be buying Horizon Bancorp (IN) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Horizon Bancorp (IN) include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), First Busey (BUSE), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), First Merchants (FRME), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Independent Bank (IBCP), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), QCR (QCRH), and WesBanco (WSBC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Horizon Bancorp (IN) vs. Its Competitors

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

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Horizon Bancorp (IN) has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Ameris Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Horizon Bancorp (IN). Ameris Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Horizon Bancorp (IN), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ameris Bancorp$1.14B3.98$358.68M$5.6811.60
Horizon Bancorp (IN)$203.08M3.25$35.43M$1.1712.83

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.5% of Horizon Bancorp (IN) shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Horizon Bancorp (IN) shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 6 more articles in the media than Horizon Bancorp (IN). MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 9 mentions for Horizon Bancorp (IN). Horizon Bancorp (IN)'s average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 0.67 indicating that Horizon Bancorp (IN) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ameris Bancorp
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Horizon Bancorp (IN)
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Horizon Bancorp (IN)'s net margin of 13.84%. Horizon Bancorp (IN)'s return on equity of 10.30% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
Horizon Bancorp (IN) 13.84%10.30%1.01%

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Horizon Bancorp (IN) pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Horizon Bancorp (IN) pays out 54.7% 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 currently has a consensus target price of $72.14, indicating a potential upside of 9.46%. Horizon Bancorp (IN) has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.92%. Given Horizon Bancorp (IN)'s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Horizon Bancorp (IN) 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
Horizon Bancorp (IN)
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Horizon Bancorp (IN) on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HBNC vs. The Competition

MetricHorizon Bancorp (IN)BANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$681.79M$844.50M$12.05B$9.52B
Dividend Yield4.07%3.21%5.62%4.09%
P/E Ratio12.8315.7019.7523.81
Price / Sales3.252.1325.9666.04
Price / Cash7.2848.6321.3357.96
Price / Book0.861.052.095.54
Net Income$35.43M$54.19M$1.00B$259.28M
7 Day Performance-3.91%-3.17%-2.46%-4.64%
1 Month Performance-7.80%-3.26%-0.84%4.41%
1 Year Performance2.25%11.32%537.11%17.95%

Horizon Bancorp (IN) Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HBNC
Horizon Bancorp (IN)
4.6717 of 5 stars
$15.01
-3.1%
$18.00
+19.9%
-0.7%$681.79M$203.08M12.83910News Coverage
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.189 of 5 stars
$66.53
+0.2%
$71.43
+7.4%
+12.7%$4.58B$1.12B12.772,850Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
BUSE
First Busey
4.9521 of 5 stars
$23.03
-0.8%
$27.17
+18.0%
-15.6%$2.08B$663.36M20.561,548
CNOB
ConnectOne Bancorp
4.9254 of 5 stars
$24.52
+1.1%
$30.25
+23.4%
-3.3%$932.90M$534.62M13.25520Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
FRME
First Merchants
4.8753 of 5 stars
$40.05
+0.6%
$46.20
+15.4%
-4.0%$2.32B$1.07B10.382,120
HOPE
Hope Bancorp
4.8982 of 5 stars
$10.37
-0.4%
$13.50
+30.2%
-23.1%$1.33B$1.00B29.631,244Gap Down
IBCP
Independent Bank
4.038 of 5 stars
$32.29
-0.5%
$36.00
+11.5%
-10.0%$672.60M$323.14M10.52920
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.6462 of 5 stars
$38.07
+1.6%
$43.20
+13.5%
+8.7%$1.19B$358.20M15.481,010Positive News
Analyst Revision
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
4.1176 of 5 stars
$22.34
-1.0%
$27.50
+23.1%
-18.1%$2.19B$905.41M15.731,325News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
QCRH
QCR
3.6483 of 5 stars
$73.92
-1.9%
$87.38
+18.2%
-4.7%$1.28B$597.39M11.131,013
WSBC
WesBanco
4.9786 of 5 stars
$32.19
+0.8%
$38.71
+20.3%
-3.5%$3.06B$953.62M21.042,195Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision

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