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Simmons First National (SFNC) Competitors

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SFNC vs. ABCB, CATY, FFBC, FRME, HWC, RNST, STBA, 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), Renasant (RNST), S&T Bancorp (STBA), 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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

27.6% of Simmons First National shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Simmons First National pays an annual dividend of $0.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Simmons First National pays out -29.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% 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 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Simmons First National's net margin of -29.70%. 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 National-29.70% 5.84% 0.78%
Ameris Bancorp 21.46%9.57%1.32%

In the previous week, Simmons First National had 14 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Simmons First National and 7 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Simmons First National's score of 0.09 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Ameris Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Simmons First National. Simmons First National 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
Simmons First National$1.46B1.81$152.69M-$2.93-6.23
Ameris Bancorp$1.13B4.41$358.68M$5.6812.76

Simmons First National presently has a consensus price target of $22.50, indicating a potential upside of 23.20%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus price target of $72.14, indicating a potential downside of 0.43%. Given Simmons First National's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly 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)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Simmons First National on 12 of the 18 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$2.64B$1.88B$12.58B$10.68B
Dividend Yield4.65%2.75%5.61%4.83%
P/E Ratio-6.2311.1321.1227.34
Price / Sales1.812.3230.12132.79
Price / Cash9.5412.0919.3430.35
Price / Book0.651.172.276.68
Net Income$152.69M$158.22M$1.02B$276.46M
7 Day Performance-3.52%-0.79%0.07%0.77%
1 Month Performance-8.96%-4.18%-1.52%3.73%
1 Year Performance-21.55%8.07%538.59%36.59%

Simmons First National Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SFNC
Simmons First National
4.7183 of 5 stars
$18.26
-0.1%
$22.50
+23.2%
-21.4%$2.64B$1.46B-6.232,946Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.5287 of 5 stars
$74.83
+1.4%
$72.14
-3.6%
+9.4%$5.13B$1.13B14.362,850News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
4.4117 of 5 stars
$49.03
+1.5%
$50.17
+2.3%
-0.3%$3.34B$760.46M11.841,266Upcoming Earnings
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.8223 of 5 stars
$26.01
-0.2%
$29.80
+14.6%
-8.9%$2.50B$852.23M10.402,090Upcoming Earnings
FRME
First Merchants
4.9514 of 5 stars
$38.49
+1.3%
$48.00
+24.7%
-8.0%$2.19B$1.07B9.972,120Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.6859 of 5 stars
$63.08
+0.9%
$70.00
+11.0%
+5.9%$5.30B$2.06B11.623,476Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
RNST
Renasant
4.6895 of 5 stars
$37.27
+1.2%
$43.00
+15.4%
+1.3%$3.54B$771.83M11.402,330Positive News
STBA
S&T Bancorp
4.293 of 5 stars
$37.71
+0.9%
$42.00
+11.4%
-11.5%$1.43B$564.96M11.061,206Upcoming Earnings
UBSI
United Bankshares
4.1128 of 5 stars
$37.58
+1.0%
$40.50
+7.8%
-6.6%$5.27B$1.12B13.282,553Upcoming Earnings
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.6166 of 5 stars
$54.53
+1.1%
$66.25
+21.5%
-1.2%$3.02B$1.40B11.962,309Upcoming Earnings
HOMB
Home BancShares
3.9947 of 5 stars
$28.20
+0.4%
$33.00
+17.0%
+1.9%$5.54B$1.47B12.882,552Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:SFNC) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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