Northeast Bancorp (NBN) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ABCB or NBN?

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of Northeast Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ABCB or NBN a better dividend stock?

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Northeast Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northeast Bancorp pays out 0.4% 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.

Do analysts recommend ABCB or NBN?

Ameris Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $72.14, suggesting a potential downside of 3.03%. Northeast Bancorp has a consensus target price of $115.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.17%. Given Northeast Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Northeast Bancorp 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
Northeast Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more volatility and risk, ABCB or NBN?

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northeast Bancorp has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ABCB or NBN?

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than Northeast Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 3 mentions for Northeast Bancorp. Northeast Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 1.39 indicating that Northeast Bancorp 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
Northeast Bancorp	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ABCB or NBN?

Ameris Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Northeast Bancorp. Northeast Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameris 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
Ameris Bancorp	$1.13B	4.53	$358.68M	$5.68	13.10
Northeast Bancorp	$204.27M	4.43	$83.44M	$10.08	10.95

Is ABCB or NBN more profitable?

Northeast Bancorp has a net margin of 23.77% compared to Ameris Bancorp's net margin of 21.46%. Northeast Bancorp's return on equity of 19.19% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ameris Bancorp	21.46%	9.57%	1.32%
Northeast Bancorp	23.77%	19.19%	2.04%

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Northeast Bancorp on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.