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$19.44 -0.73 (-3.62%)
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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

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

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.6% of Simmons First National shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Simmons First National shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds 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
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
Simmons First National 10.10%4.86%0.63%

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Simmons First National pays an annual dividend of $0.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Simmons First National pays out 73.3% 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. Simmons First National has increased 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.

Ameris Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $71.43, suggesting a potential upside of 8.64%. Simmons First National has a consensus price target of $22.33, suggesting a potential upside of 14.88%. Given Simmons First National's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Simmons First National 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
Simmons First National
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Simmons First National. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 6 mentions for Simmons First National. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Simmons First National's score of 0.90 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
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Simmons First National
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

Ameris Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Ameris Bancorp$1.12B4.03$358.68M$5.4012.18
Simmons First National$1.46B1.68$152.69M$1.1616.76

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Simmons First National on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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SFNC vs. The Competition

MetricSimmons First NationalBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.54B$2.01B$12.12B$9.30B
Dividend Yield4.21%2.61%5.55%4.03%
P/E Ratio16.7612.0618.0219.71
Price / Sales1.682.2926.0394.61
Price / Cash10.5212.5621.6257.93
Price / Book0.691.192.275.54
Net Income$152.69M$154.64M$997.60M$257.73M
7 Day Performance-3.24%-1.18%-0.55%0.95%
1 Month Performance6.00%6.78%3.25%10.68%
1 Year Performance-1.07%19.29%541.39%15.67%

Simmons First National Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SFNC
Simmons First National
4.5275 of 5 stars
$19.44
-3.6%
$22.33
+14.9%
+7.2%$2.54B$1.46B16.762,946News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.3168 of 5 stars
$68.18
+1.1%
$71.43
+4.8%
+25.0%$4.70B$1.12B13.092,850News Coverage
Positive News
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
4.0463 of 5 stars
$49.26
+2.4%
$50.17
+1.8%
+25.1%$3.45B$1.39B12.441,266Upcoming Earnings
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.5672 of 5 stars
$25.78
+1.3%
$28.75
+11.5%
+9.7%$2.47B$1.62B10.702,090Analyst Downgrade
FRME
First Merchants
4.7264 of 5 stars
$41.73
+1.8%
$46.40
+11.2%
+17.9%$2.43B$633.33M11.722,120News Coverage
Positive News
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.5223 of 5 stars
$60.23
+1.1%
$63.43
+5.3%
+21.5%$5.16B$2.06B11.113,476Trending News
Earnings Report
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
4.3714 of 5 stars
$22.56
+0.9%
$27.25
+20.8%
-8.3%$2.19B$541.46M14.841,325News Coverage
Positive News
RNST
Renasant
3.2659 of 5 stars
$39.23
+1.8%
$41.00
+4.5%
+20.6%$3.73B$668.50M12.002,330Upcoming Earnings
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.919 of 5 stars
$37.95
+1.0%
$40.63
+7.0%
+11.3%$5.39B$1.63B14.112,553News Coverage
Positive News
WSFS
WSFS Financial
3.4298 of 5 stars
$58.98
+1.3%
$62.75
+6.4%
+19.3%$3.35B$1.05B13.252,309
HOMB
Home BancShares
3.5867 of 5 stars
$29.51
+0.5%
$32.40
+9.8%
+18.8%$5.83B$1.01B14.052,552Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:SFNC) was last updated on 7/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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