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Renasant (RNST) Competitors

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$37.45 -0.69 (-1.81%)
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RNST vs. ABCB, BUSE, FFBC, PPBI, SFNC, STBA, TOWN, TRMK, UBSI, and CBU

Should you be buying Renasant stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Renasant include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), First Busey (BUSE), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Simmons First National (SFNC), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Towne Bank (TOWN), Trustmark (TRMK), United Bankshares (UBSI), and Community Financial System (CBU). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Renasant vs. Its Competitors

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

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Renasant pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Renasant pays out 27.3% 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.

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Renasant has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Ameris Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Renasant. Renasant 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$1.12B4.11$358.68M$5.4012.41
Renasant$668.50M5.32$195.46M$3.2211.63

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Renasant. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 3 mentions for Renasant. Renasant's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 0.72 indicating that Renasant is being referred to more favorably in the news 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
Renasant
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Renasant's net margin of 17.91%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat Renasant's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
Renasant 17.91%6.58%0.93%

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.3% of Renasant shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Renasant shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Ameris Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $71.43, indicating a potential upside of 6.55%. Renasant has a consensus target price of $41.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.48%. Given Renasant's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Renasant 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
Renasant
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Renasant on 14 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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RNST vs. The Competition

MetricRenasantState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.62B$1.32B$12.05B$9.03B
Dividend Yield2.31%7.74%5.53%4.01%
P/E Ratio11.4515.5918.8019.89
Price / Sales5.323.4125.72117.07
Price / Cash13.9810.4918.7228.59
Price / Book0.891.052.255.55
Net Income$195.46M$648.53M$990.08M$248.49M
7 Day Performance4.26%2.94%1.38%5.37%
1 Month Performance4.83%3.73%3.40%6.63%
1 Year Performance25.76%17.49%542.06%21.20%

Renasant Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RNST
Renasant
2.9126 of 5 stars
$37.45
-1.8%
$41.00
+9.5%
+28.1%$3.62B$668.50M11.452,330Positive News
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
2.6035 of 5 stars
$67.04
-1.0%
$71.43
+6.5%
+38.4%$4.62B$1.12B12.872,850
BUSE
First Busey
4.6917 of 5 stars
$24.00
-1.6%
$27.67
+15.3%
+3.5%$2.15B$475.63M22.431,548
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.5136 of 5 stars
$25.49
-1.4%
$28.75
+12.8%
+19.1%$2.44B$1.62B10.582,090
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.6973 of 5 stars
$22.76
-1.5%
$27.25
+19.7%
+5.1%$2.21B$905.41M14.971,325
SFNC
Simmons First National
4.5923 of 5 stars
$19.98
-1.8%
$22.33
+11.8%
+19.2%$2.52B$1.46B17.222,946Positive News
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.2191 of 5 stars
$39.46
-1.0%
$41.67
+5.6%
+22.6%$1.51B$564.96M11.371,206
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.851 of 5 stars
$35.59
-1.1%
$40.00
+12.4%
+34.4%$2.67B$1.03B15.082,720Positive News
TRMK
Trustmark
2.2048 of 5 stars
$38.24
-0.9%
$39.80
+4.1%
+31.4%$2.31B$949.48M9.962,500
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.1506 of 5 stars
$37.78
-1.6%
$40.63
+7.5%
+21.7%$5.37B$1.63B14.042,553Positive News
CBU
Community Financial System
4.678 of 5 stars
$59.09
-1.6%
$71.00
+20.2%
+31.0%$3.12B$940.71M16.372,918

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