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
Pinnacle Financial Partners (NASDAQ:PNFP) and Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.
Pinnacle Financial Partners has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Pinnacle Financial Partners had 5 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Pinnacle Financial Partners and 7 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Pinnacle Financial Partners' score of 0.92 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pinnacle Financial Partners currently has a consensus target price of $114.80, suggesting a potential upside of 22.89%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus target price of $72.14, suggesting a potential upside of 1.20%. Given Pinnacle Financial Partners' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pinnacle Financial Partners is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.
Pinnacle Financial Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Pinnacle Financial Partners pays out 12.7% 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. Pinnacle Financial Partners has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Pinnacle Financial Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Ameris Bancorp. Pinnacle Financial Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameris Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
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.
87.4% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Ameris Bancorp beats Pinnacle Financial Partners on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NASDAQ:PNFP) was last updated on 8/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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