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$104.16 -2.84 (-2.65%)
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PNFP vs. ABCB, CATY, HWC, ONB, WTFC, ASB, BKU, FNB, SNV, and WBS

Should you be buying Pinnacle Financial Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pinnacle Financial Partners include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Associated Banc (ASB), BankUnited (BKU), F.N.B. (FNB), Synovus Financial (SNV), and Webster Financial (WBS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Pinnacle Financial Partners vs. Its Competitors

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

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinnacle Financial Partners has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Pinnacle Financial Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pinnacle Financial Partners pays out 12.7% 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. Pinnacle Financial Partners has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ameris Bancorp$1.12B4.03$358.68M$5.4012.16
Pinnacle Financial Partners$3.07B2.63$475.06M$7.5413.81

In the previous week, Pinnacle Financial Partners had 12 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Pinnacle Financial Partners and 7 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Pinnacle Financial Partners' score of 0.87 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
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Pinnacle Financial Partners
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are held 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.

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Pinnacle Financial Partners' net margin of 18.69%. Pinnacle Financial Partners' return on equity of 9.60% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
Pinnacle Financial Partners 18.69%9.60%1.13%

Ameris Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $71.43, indicating a potential upside of 8.80%. Pinnacle Financial Partners has a consensus price target of $129.60, indicating a potential upside of 24.42%. Given Pinnacle Financial Partners' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pinnacle Financial Partners 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
Pinnacle Financial Partners
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70

Summary

Pinnacle Financial Partners beats Ameris Bancorp on 11 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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PNFP vs. The Competition

MetricPinnacle Financial PartnersBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$8.30B$2.03B$12.32B$9.48B
Dividend Yield0.90%2.58%5.53%3.99%
P/E Ratio13.8112.2819.0619.95
Price / Sales2.632.3726.03102.72
Price / Cash11.8712.7421.8458.97
Price / Book1.261.212.275.90
Net Income$475.06M$154.64M$998.01M$258.42M
7 Day Performance-12.38%0.24%0.79%1.94%
1 Month Performance-4.01%6.16%3.81%12.02%
1 Year Performance10.62%15.82%541.45%20.81%

Pinnacle Financial Partners Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PNFP
Pinnacle Financial Partners
4.7986 of 5 stars
$104.16
-2.7%
$129.60
+24.4%
+10.7%$8.30B$3.07B13.813,565Trending News
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ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.2604 of 5 stars
$68.18
+1.1%
$71.43
+4.8%
+9.0%$4.70B$1.12B13.092,850Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
4.144 of 5 stars
$49.26
+2.4%
$50.17
+1.8%
+12.1%$3.45B$1.39B12.441,266Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.8268 of 5 stars
$60.23
+1.1%
$63.43
+5.3%
+9.2%$5.16B$2.06B11.113,476Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
ONB
Old National Bancorp
4.9058 of 5 stars
$23.32
+0.7%
$26.30
+12.8%
+9.2%$7.46B$2.96B13.564,066Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.6064 of 5 stars
$132.84
+0.7%
$138.00
+3.9%
+22.8%$8.89B$3.97B13.145,903Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ASB
Associated Banc
4.8947 of 5 stars
$25.89
+1.4%
$27.22
+5.1%
+9.5%$4.29B$2.39B30.114,000News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
BKU
BankUnited
3.3246 of 5 stars
$37.72
+1.2%
$40.58
+7.6%
+3.8%$2.84B$1.03B11.721,680Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
FNB
F.N.B.
4.1418 of 5 stars
$15.96
+1.0%
$18.00
+12.8%
+7.2%$5.74B$2.57B12.664,280Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SNV
Synovus Financial
4.6529 of 5 stars
$54.70
+0.3%
$59.35
+8.5%
+24.6%$7.60B$3.43B15.324,775Trending News
Analyst Revision
WBS
Webster Financial
4.9779 of 5 stars
$59.70
+1.4%
$65.50
+9.7%
+34.5%$10.04B$4.18B13.444,407Earnings Report
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