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INDB vs. ABCB, FFBC, FRME, HOPE, HWC, PPBI, STBA, TOWN, UBSI, and WSFS

Should you be buying Independent Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Independent Bank include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Towne Bank (TOWN), United Bankshares (UBSI), and WSFS Financial (WSFS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Independent Bank vs. Its Competitors

Independent Bank (NASDAQ:INDB) and Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Independent Bank currently has a consensus price target of $71.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.19%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus price target of $71.43, suggesting a potential upside of 7.75%. Given Ameris Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ameris Bancorp is more favorable than Independent Bank.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Independent Bank
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Independent Bank. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 7 mentions for Independent Bank. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Independent Bank's score of 1.27 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Independent Bank
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ameris Bancorp
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Independent Bank$980.77M2.88$192.08M$4.4314.95
Ameris Bancorp$1.12B4.07$358.68M$5.4012.28

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Independent Bank's net margin of 18.93%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat Independent Bank's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Independent Bank18.93% 6.39% 0.98%
Ameris Bancorp 21.46%9.57%1.32%

Independent Bank pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Independent Bank pays out 53.3% 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. Independent Bank has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Independent Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

83.4% of Independent Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Independent Bank 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Independent Bank has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Independent Bank on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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INDB vs. The Competition

MetricIndependent BankBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.84B$877.79M$12.28B$9.50B
Dividend Yield3.54%3.14%5.54%4.01%
P/E Ratio14.9516.6819.0320.05
Price / Sales2.882.3126.1090.07
Price / Cash12.0848.6121.6358.56
Price / Book0.921.112.205.87
Net Income$192.08M$54.19M$997.25M$258.55M
7 Day Performance-4.66%-0.83%0.60%3.74%
1 Month Performance3.99%3.20%3.44%11.75%
1 Year Performance3.26%9.06%536.57%18.03%

Independent Bank Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
INDB
Independent Bank
3.85 of 5 stars
$66.24
-0.6%
$71.00
+7.2%
+5.1%$2.84B$980.77M14.951,837Positive News
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.2357 of 5 stars
$67.30
-0.2%
$71.43
+6.1%
+8.9%$4.64B$1.12B12.922,850Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.4688 of 5 stars
$25.45
-1.1%
$28.75
+13.0%
-8.1%$2.44B$1.62B10.562,090Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Gap Up
FRME
First Merchants
4.787 of 5 stars
$40.99
-1.4%
$46.40
+13.2%
-1.6%$2.39B$1.07B11.512,120News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
HOPE
Hope Bancorp
4.7521 of 5 stars
$11.50
-1.1%
$13.50
+17.4%
-21.3%$1.47B$1.00B14.741,244Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.5503 of 5 stars
$59.58
-3.7%
$63.43
+6.5%
+7.9%$5.10B$2.06B10.993,476Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.7206 of 5 stars
$22.36
-2.1%
$27.25
+21.9%
-15.5%$2.17B$905.41M14.711,325News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
STBA
S&T Bancorp
4.0681 of 5 stars
$39.19
-1.4%
$41.67
+6.3%
-16.0%$1.50B$564.96M11.291,206Trending News
Earnings Report
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.7718 of 5 stars
$35.39
-1.6%
$40.00
+13.0%
+7.1%$2.65B$1.03B15.002,720News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.8985 of 5 stars
$37.58
-1.7%
$40.63
+8.1%
-5.6%$5.34B$1.63B13.972,553News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.0404 of 5 stars
$58.23
-0.2%
$62.75
+7.8%
-1.3%$3.31B$1.40B13.092,309Trending News
Earnings Report

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This page (NASDAQ:INDB) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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