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BANC vs. ABCB, CATY, FFBC, HWC, ONB, SSB, ASB, BKU, FBK, and FNB

Should you be buying Banc of California stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banc of California include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Old National Bancorp (ONB), SouthState (SSB), Associated Banc (ASB), BankUnited (BKU), FB Financial (FBK), and F.N.B. (FNB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Banc of California vs. Its Competitors

Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) and Banc of California (NYSE:BANC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Ameris Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $72.14, suggesting a potential downside of 2.54%. Banc of California has a consensus target price of $17.33, suggesting a potential upside of 4.58%. Given Banc of California's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Banc of California 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
Banc of California
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Banc of California pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banc of California pays out 61.5% 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 net margin of 21.46% compared to Banc of California's net margin of 8.30%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat Banc of California's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
Banc of California 8.30%7.37%0.65%

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banc of California has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Banc of California had 3 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Banc of California and 10 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Banc of California's score of 1.07 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
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Banc of California
8 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Banc of California shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Banc of California 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 higher earnings, but lower revenue than Banc of California. Ameris Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banc of California, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ameris Bancorp$1.13B4.51$358.68M$5.6813.03
Banc of California$1.89B1.30$126.89M$0.6525.50

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Banc of California on 12 of the 18 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 NYSE 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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BANC vs. The Competition

MetricBanc of CaliforniaBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.46B$2.28B$12.73B$21.53B
Dividend Yield2.40%2.39%5.42%3.50%
P/E Ratio25.5012.38244.6429.84
Price / Sales1.302.6030.9552.52
Price / Cash13.0413.9419.2518.13
Price / Book0.931.392.314.65
Net Income$126.89M$143.71M$1.01B$999.94M
7 Day Performance-1.24%-0.98%0.66%0.79%
1 Month Performance6.59%3.02%3.19%4.54%
1 Year Performance15.83%17.25%543.58%16.77%

Banc of California Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BANC
Banc of California
4.7508 of 5 stars
$16.58
-0.5%
$17.33
+4.6%
+16.4%$2.46B$1.89B25.501,903Positive News
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.6068 of 5 stars
$73.46
-0.8%
$72.14
-1.8%
+21.9%$5.08B$1.13B14.102,850Positive News
Dividend Announcement
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
3.7124 of 5 stars
$49.85
+0.4%
$49.71
-0.3%
+16.1%$3.43B$1.39B12.041,266News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.6121 of 5 stars
$26.34
-0.2%
$29.40
+11.6%
+3.3%$2.53B$1.62B10.542,090Positive News
Short Interest ↑
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.6225 of 5 stars
$62.90
+0.3%
$68.25
+8.5%
+26.9%$5.32B$2.06B11.583,476Positive News
ONB
Old National Bancorp
4.7862 of 5 stars
$22.87
+0.2%
$26.40
+15.4%
+20.8%$8.94B$2.96B13.534,066Positive News
SSB
SouthState
4.6035 of 5 stars
$102.17
-0.8%
$115.27
+12.8%
+6.7%$10.34B$2.12B14.685,030Positive News
ASB
Associated Banc
4.776 of 5 stars
$26.51
-0.5%
$27.78
+4.8%
+23.5%$4.42B$2.39B34.424,000
BKU
BankUnited
4.1305 of 5 stars
$38.67
-0.8%
$41.55
+7.4%
+9.2%$2.93B$1.05B11.341,680Positive News
FBK
FB Financial
4.501 of 5 stars
$53.68
+0.1%
$58.25
+8.5%
+14.2%$2.89B$764.61M27.821,490Positive News
FNB
F.N.B.
4.6083 of 5 stars
$16.49
+0.0%
$18.64
+13.1%
+17.2%$5.92B$2.57B12.884,280

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This page (NYSE:BANC) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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