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Simmons First National (SFNC) Competitors

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$20.04 +0.34 (+1.73%)
Closing price 07/2/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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SFNC vs. ABCB, CATY, FFBC, FRME, HWC, PPBI, RNST, UBSI, WSFS, and HOMB

Should you be buying Simmons First National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Simmons First National include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Renasant (RNST), United Bankshares (UBSI), WSFS Financial (WSFS), and Home BancShares (HOMB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Simmons First National vs. Its Competitors

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

27.6% of Simmons First National shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Simmons First National shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by company 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.

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Simmons First National's net margin of 10.10%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat Simmons First National's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Simmons First National10.10% 4.86% 0.63%
Ameris Bancorp 21.46%9.57%1.32%

Simmons First National currently has a consensus target price of $22.33, suggesting a potential upside of 11.44%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus target price of $71.43, suggesting a potential upside of 6.51%. Given Simmons First National's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Simmons First National is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Simmons First National
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Ameris Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Simmons First National. Ameris Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Simmons First National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Simmons First National$1.46B1.73$152.69M$1.1617.28
Ameris Bancorp$1.12B4.11$358.68M$5.4012.42

Simmons First National pays an annual dividend of $0.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Simmons First National pays out 73.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% 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. Simmons First National has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Simmons First National is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Simmons First National has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Simmons First National had 3 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Simmons First National and 3 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Simmons First National's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 0.93 indicating that Simmons First National is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Simmons First National
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ameris Bancorp
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Simmons First National on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SFNC vs. The Competition

MetricSimmons First NationalBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.48B$1.95B$12.03B$8.87B
Dividend Yield4.31%2.67%5.58%4.10%
P/E Ratio17.2812.3619.9519.90
Price / Sales1.732.3125.54113.66
Price / Cash10.2712.2221.3456.90
Price / Book0.711.212.265.38
Net Income$152.69M$154.64M$1.00B$248.50M
7 Day Performance5.31%3.33%1.75%2.04%
1 Month Performance6.31%6.22%3.79%4.84%
1 Year Performance15.84%28.04%540.42%20.23%

Simmons First National Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SFNC
Simmons First National
4.6623 of 5 stars
$20.04
+1.7%
$22.33
+11.4%
+13.7%$2.48B$1.46B17.282,946Positive News
Analyst Revision
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
2.6247 of 5 stars
$64.77
-0.2%
$71.43
+10.3%
+32.5%$4.46B$1.12B12.432,850Ex-Dividend
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
3.8975 of 5 stars
$45.53
-0.3%
$50.17
+10.2%
+28.0%$3.19B$742.38M11.501,266News Coverage
Analyst Revision
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.604 of 5 stars
$24.26
-0.4%
$28.75
+18.5%
+14.8%$2.32B$840.71M10.072,090
FRME
First Merchants
4.6778 of 5 stars
$38.30
-0.9%
$46.40
+21.1%
+20.5%$2.23B$1.07B10.762,120
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.5652 of 5 stars
$57.40
-0.4%
$61.25
+6.7%
+27.4%$4.92B$2.06B10.593,476Positive News
Analyst Revision
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.7248 of 5 stars
$21.09
+0.1%
$27.25
+29.2%
-0.8%$2.05B$905.41M13.881,325Analyst Revision
RNST
Renasant
3.0121 of 5 stars
$35.92
-0.4%
$41.00
+14.1%
+24.0%$3.41B$668.50M10.982,330
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.2166 of 5 stars
$36.43
flat
$40.63
+11.5%
+17.0%$5.18B$1.07B13.542,553News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.1163 of 5 stars
$55.00
-0.1%
$62.75
+14.1%
+23.7%$3.12B$1.40B12.362,309News Coverage
Analyst Revision
HOMB
Home BancShares
3.1811 of 5 stars
$28.46
-0.4%
$32.40
+13.8%
+22.7%$5.62B$1.47B13.552,552

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This page (NASDAQ:SFNC) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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