PPBI vs. ABCB, BANR, CATY, FFBC, HOPE, HWC, RNST, SFNC, UBSI, and WSFS
Should you be buying Pacific Premier Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pacific Premier Bancorp include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Banner (BANR), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Renasant (RNST), Simmons First National (SFNC), United Bankshares (UBSI), and WSFS Financial (WSFS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Pacific Premier Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) and Pacific Premier Bancorp (NASDAQ:PPBI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Ameris Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $72.14, suggesting a potential downside of 3.05%. Pacific Premier Bancorp has a consensus price target of $27.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.29%. Given Pacific Premier Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pacific Premier Bancorp is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.
Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Pacific Premier Bancorp's net margin of 16.13%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat Pacific Premier Bancorp's return on equity.
91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of Pacific Premier Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Pacific Premier Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Pacific Premier Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pacific Premier Bancorp pays out 93.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Pacific Premier Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Pacific Premier Bancorp and 10 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Pacific Premier Bancorp's score of 1.31 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ameris Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Pacific Premier Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pacific Premier Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pacific Premier Bancorp has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ameris Bancorp beats Pacific Premier Bancorp on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PPBI) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff