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Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI) Competitors

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$24.49 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 09/2/2025

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.

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
Pacific Premier Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
Pacific Premier Bancorp 16.13%4.85%0.80%

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ameris Bancorp
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Pacific Premier Bancorp
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ameris Bancorp$1.13B4.53$358.68M$5.6813.10
Pacific Premier Bancorp$905.41M2.62$158.80M$1.4217.25

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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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PPBI vs. The Competition

MetricPacific Premier BancorpFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.38B$662.41M$12.53B$9.91B
Dividend Yield5.39%3.28%5.42%4.49%
P/E Ratio17.2510.61230.6726.65
Price / Sales2.622.0431.83163.66
Price / Cash14.9815.8819.0628.92
Price / Book0.801.052.346.52
Net Income$158.80M$36.70M$1.01B$266.21M
7 Day Performance0.33%2.15%0.12%-0.75%
1 Month Performance12.70%7.88%3.71%3.84%
1 Year Performance-1.76%10.98%542.66%24.40%

Pacific Premier Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
4.0135 of 5 stars
$24.49
flat
$27.50
+12.3%
N/A$2.38B$905.41M17.251,325News Coverage
Positive News
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.3111 of 5 stars
$71.88
-0.2%
$72.14
+0.4%
+18.6%$4.93B$1.13B13.802,850News Coverage
Positive News
BANR
Banner
2.5638 of 5 stars
$67.04
-1.0%
$70.17
+4.7%
+13.5%$2.34B$832.99M12.771,956Positive News
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
3.6528 of 5 stars
$49.54
-1.2%
$49.71
+0.4%
+14.3%$3.47B$1.39B11.971,266Positive News
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.4554 of 5 stars
$26.50
-0.2%
$29.40
+10.9%
+0.3%$2.54B$1.62B10.602,090News Coverage
HOPE
Hope Bancorp
4.5968 of 5 stars
$11.00
-0.3%
$13.25
+20.5%
-12.7%$1.41B$1.00B31.431,244News Coverage
Positive News
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.4917 of 5 stars
$62.68
-1.3%
$66.71
+6.4%
+17.2%$5.38B$2.06B11.543,476Positive News
RNST
Renasant
3.5441 of 5 stars
$39.05
-0.6%
$41.67
+6.7%
+12.6%$3.71B$771.83M11.942,330News Coverage
Positive News
SFNC
Simmons First National
4.5358 of 5 stars
$20.59
-1.3%
$22.75
+10.5%
-1.4%$3.02B$1.46B16.212,946News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.4088 of 5 stars
$38.14
-1.5%
$40.50
+6.2%
-0.6%$5.49B$1.63B13.482,553Positive News
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.3335 of 5 stars
$57.38
-0.8%
$66.00
+15.0%
+7.1%$3.24B$1.40B12.582,309Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:PPBI) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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