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$51.04 +0.09 (+0.18%)
Closing price 07/3/2025 03:43 PM Eastern
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OZK vs. ABCB, CATY, HWC, PNFP, UBSI, WTFC, BKU, FNB, HOMB, and SNV

Should you be buying Bank OZK stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank OZK include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), United Bankshares (UBSI), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), BankUnited (BKU), F.N.B. (FNB), Home BancShares (HOMB), and Synovus Financial (SNV). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Bank OZK vs. Its Competitors

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

Ameris Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $71.43, suggesting a potential upside of 5.45%. Bank OZK has a consensus target price of $50.86, suggesting a potential downside of 0.36%. Given Ameris Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ameris Bancorp is more favorable than Bank OZK.

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
Bank OZK
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Bank OZK pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank OZK pays out 28.2% 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. Bank OZK has increased its dividend for 29 consecutive years. Bank OZK is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Bank OZK shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Bank OZK shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Bank OZK has a net margin of 25.66% compared to Ameris Bancorp's net margin of 21.46%. Bank OZK's return on equity of 13.46% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
Bank OZK 25.66%13.46%1.88%

In the previous week, Bank OZK had 9 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Bank OZK and 5 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Bank OZK's score of 0.64 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ameris Bancorp$1.12B4.15$358.68M$5.4012.54
Bank OZK$2.77B2.09$716.46M$6.108.37

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank OZK has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bank OZK beats Ameris Bancorp on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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OZK vs. The Competition

MetricBank OZKBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.80B$877.18M$12.08B$9.02B
Dividend Yield3.37%3.11%5.53%3.99%
P/E Ratio8.3719.4020.0520.25
Price / Sales2.092.0325.70119.26
Price / Cash7.0516.0818.7128.59
Price / Book1.081.132.285.65
Net Income$716.46M$54.19M$998.26M$249.15M
7 Day Performance8.46%4.32%2.09%2.91%
1 Month Performance11.25%6.94%4.18%4.11%
1 Year Performance28.11%29.86%542.26%20.98%

Bank OZK Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OZK
Bank OZK
3.6782 of 5 stars
$51.04
+0.2%
$50.86
-0.4%
+28.1%$5.80B$2.77B8.373,028Dividend Increase
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
2.6143 of 5 stars
$64.77
-0.2%
$71.43
+10.3%
+38.4%$4.46B$1.12B12.432,850Positive News
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
3.9122 of 5 stars
$45.53
-0.3%
$50.17
+10.2%
+32.3%$3.19B$742.38M11.501,266
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.4898 of 5 stars
$57.40
-0.4%
$61.25
+6.7%
+33.3%$4.92B$2.06B10.593,476
PNFP
Pinnacle Financial Partners
4.6344 of 5 stars
$110.41
+0.8%
$121.27
+9.8%
+53.1%$8.56B$1.55B17.873,565Positive News
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.1791 of 5 stars
$36.43
flat
$40.63
+11.5%
+21.7%$5.18B$1.07B13.542,553Positive News
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.4869 of 5 stars
$123.98
+0.5%
$135.77
+9.5%
+36.8%$8.30B$3.97B12.265,903
BKU
BankUnited
3.631 of 5 stars
$35.65
+0.0%
$40.42
+13.4%
+32.8%$2.68B$2.02B11.071,680
FNB
F.N.B.
4.1942 of 5 stars
$14.59
+0.3%
$17.57
+20.4%
+16.2%$5.25B$1.60B11.584,280Analyst Downgrade
HOMB
Home BancShares
3.2334 of 5 stars
$28.46
-0.4%
$32.40
+13.8%
+26.8%$5.62B$1.47B13.552,552
SNV
Synovus Financial
4.7133 of 5 stars
$51.80
+0.2%
$56.56
+9.2%
+39.5%$7.20B$3.43B14.514,775Positive News

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