IBOC vs. ABCB, UCBI, FBP, COLB, FIBK, CATY, FFIN, GBCI, BOH, and CVBF
Should you be buying International Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Bancshares include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), United Community Banks (UCBI), First BanCorp. (FBP), Columbia Banking System (COLB), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), and CVB Financial (CVBF). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
International Bancshares (NASDAQ:IBOC) and Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.
Ameris Bancorp has a consensus target price of $50.25, suggesting a potential upside of 4.15%. Given Ameris Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ameris Bancorp is more favorable than International Bancshares.
International Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. International Bancshares pays out 19.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameris Bancorp pays out 15.4% 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.
In the previous week, International Bancshares and International Bancshares both had 3 articles in the media. International Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of -0.43 indicating that International Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
International Bancshares has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ameris Bancorp. International Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameris Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
International Bancshares has a net margin of 42.45% compared to Ameris Bancorp's net margin of 17.67%. International Bancshares' return on equity of 18.32% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.
International Bancshares has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ameris Bancorp received 216 more outperform votes than International Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.74% of users gave Ameris Bancorp an outperform vote while only 52.97% of users gave International Bancshares an outperform vote.
65.9% of International Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 14.5% of International Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
International Bancshares and Ameris Bancorp tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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