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Horizon Bancorp (IN) (HBNC) Competitors

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$16.25 -0.18 (-1.10%)
Closing price 09/12/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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HBNC vs. ABCB, BUSE, CNOB, FRME, HOPE, IBCP, OBK, QCRH, WSBC, and WSFS

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), QCR (QCRH), WesBanco (WSBC), and WSFS Financial (WSFS). 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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.

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$1.13B4.53$358.68M$5.6813.10
Horizon Bancorp (IN)$359.45M1.99$35.43M$1.1713.89

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Horizon Bancorp (IN) has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Horizon Bancorp (IN) pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. 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.

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Horizon Bancorp (IN). MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 6 mentions for Horizon Bancorp (IN). Horizon Bancorp (IN)'s average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 1.35 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)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Horizon Bancorp (IN)
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Ameris Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $72.14, indicating a potential downside of 3.03%. Horizon Bancorp (IN) has a consensus target price of $19.25, indicating a potential upside of 18.46%. 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

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 10.21% 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%10.21%1.02%

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Horizon Bancorp (IN) on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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$724.53M$939.58M$12.81B$10.13B
Dividend Yield3.90%3.00%5.40%4.60%
P/E Ratio13.8916.82245.5925.95
Price / Sales1.992.5630.87181.72
Price / Cash7.7250.0022.3660.44
Price / Book0.931.162.316.29
Net Income$35.43M$54.35M$1.01B$270.77M
7 Day Performance-2.40%-0.29%1.04%3.86%
1 Month PerformanceN/A2.37%2.38%4.86%
1 Year Performance2.72%14.21%539.28%26.11%

Horizon Bancorp (IN) Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HBNC
Horizon Bancorp (IN)
4.9847 of 5 stars
$16.25
-1.1%
$19.25
+18.5%
+5.7%$724.53M$359.45M13.89910Positive News
Short Interest ↓
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.6083 of 5 stars
$73.46
-0.8%
$72.14
-1.8%
+25.5%$5.08B$1.13B14.102,850News Coverage
Positive News
BUSE
First Busey
4.9617 of 5 stars
$24.91
+0.9%
$27.33
+9.7%
-4.5%$2.20B$663.36M22.241,548Positive News
CNOB
ConnectOne Bancorp
4.9499 of 5 stars
$25.70
+0.5%
$30.25
+17.7%
+3.5%$1.29B$288.35M29.54520Positive News
FRME
First Merchants
4.9298 of 5 stars
$40.89
-0.3%
$48.25
+18.0%
+11.8%$2.37B$637.74M10.592,120News Coverage
Positive News
HOPE
Hope Bancorp
4.9047 of 5 stars
$11.17
+0.4%
$13.25
+18.6%
-9.1%$1.43B$444.74M31.911,244Positive News
IBCP
Independent Bank
3.9755 of 5 stars
$32.94
+0.4%
$36.00
+9.3%
-3.7%$679.69M$323.14M10.73920Positive News
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.6484 of 5 stars
$38.95
+0.8%
$43.20
+10.9%
+13.0%$1.22B$347.73M15.831,010News Coverage
Positive News
QCRH
QCR
4.009 of 5 stars
$79.00
+0.8%
$87.38
+10.6%
+4.5%$1.33B$597.39M11.901,013News Coverage
Positive News
WSBC
WesBanco
4.9791 of 5 stars
$32.13
-0.5%
$38.83
+20.9%
+5.2%$3.10B$762.17M19.362,195News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.3815 of 5 stars
$58.15
-0.2%
$66.00
+13.5%
+10.2%$3.26B$1.40B12.752,309

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This page (NASDAQ:HBNC) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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