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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Ameris Bancorp beats Renasant on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:RNST) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
