ONB vs. ABCB, CATY, FFBC, FULT, HWC, SSB, WTFC, ASB, FNB, and HOMB
Should you be buying Old National Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Old National Bancorp include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Fulton Financial (FULT), Hancock Whitney (HWC), SouthState (SSB), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Associated Banc (ASB), F.N.B. (FNB), and Home BancShares (HOMB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Old National Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Old National Bancorp (NASDAQ:ONB) and Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
Old National Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Old National Bancorp pays out 33.1% 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.
Old National Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Old National Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Old National Bancorp's net margin of 17.67%. Old National Bancorp's return on equity of 9.92% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.
Old National Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $26.27, suggesting a potential upside of 16.41%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus target price of $72.14, suggesting a potential downside of 3.59%. Given Old National Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Old National Bancorp is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.
Old National 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 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
83.7% of Old National Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Old National Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Old National Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Old National Bancorp and 3 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Old National Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 0.90 indicating that Old National Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Ameris Bancorp beats Old National Bancorp on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ONB) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff