ASB vs. ABCB, UCBI, SFBS, FBP, IBOC, TCBI, FIBK, CATY, AUB, and COLB
Should you be buying Associated Banc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Associated Banc include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), United Community Banks (UCBI), ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS), First BanCorp. (FBP), International Bancshares (IBOC), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), and Columbia Banking System (COLB). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Associated Banc (NYSE:ASB) and Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Associated Banc had 9 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Associated Banc and 7 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.06 beat Associated Banc's score of -0.18 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
83.0% of Associated Banc shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Associated Banc shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by 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.
Associated Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Associated Banc pays out 77.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ameris Bancorp pays out 15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 17.67% compared to Associated Banc's net margin of 8.12%. Associated Banc's return on equity of 8.90% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.
Associated Banc has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Associated Banc currently has a consensus target price of $23.13, indicating a potential upside of 5.98%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus target price of $50.25, indicating a potential upside of 3.72%. Given Associated Banc's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Associated Banc is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.
Ameris Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Associated Banc. Ameris Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Associated Banc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ameris Bancorp received 163 more outperform votes than Associated Banc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.64% of users gave Ameris Bancorp an outperform vote while only 50.85% of users gave Associated Banc an outperform vote.
Summary
Ameris Bancorp beats Associated Banc on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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