OBK vs. ABCB, BUSE, FFBC, FRME, HOPE, SBCF, STBA, TOWN, UBSI, and WSBC
Should you be buying Origin Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Origin Bancorp include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), First Busey (BUSE), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida (SBCF), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Towne Bank (TOWN), United Bankshares (UBSI), and WesBanco (WSBC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Origin Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Origin Bancorp (NASDAQ:OBK) and Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and dividends.
Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Origin Bancorp's net margin of 12.34%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat Origin Bancorp's return on equity.
Origin Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $43.20, suggesting a potential upside of 21.33%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus price target of $72.14, suggesting a potential downside of 3.75%. Given Origin Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Origin Bancorp is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.
54.7% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of Origin Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Origin Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Origin Bancorp pays out 26.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% 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.
Origin Bancorp has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ameris Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Origin Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Origin Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than Origin Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 3 mentions for Origin Bancorp. Origin Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 0.62 indicating that Origin Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Ameris Bancorp beats Origin Bancorp on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:OBK) was last updated on 9/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff