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BANC vs. ABCB, CATY, HWC, ONB, PNFP, PPBI, SSB, VBTX, BKU, and SNV

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), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), SouthState (SSB), Veritex (VBTX), BankUnited (BKU), and Synovus Financial (SNV). 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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Banc of California had 2 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Banc of California and 2 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Banc of California's score of 0.72 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Banc of California
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Banc of California shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Banc of California's net margin of 8.23%. 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 8.23%6.30%0.55%

Ameris Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $71.43, suggesting a potential upside of 6.14%. Banc of California has a consensus price target of $17.33, suggesting a potential upside of 15.83%. Given Banc of California's higher probable 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 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$1.12B4.13$358.68M$5.4012.46
Banc of California$1.89B1.17$126.89M$0.6523.02

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banc of California has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Banc of California pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% 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.

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

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BANC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$2.23B$2.29B$12.07B$20.79B
Dividend Yield2.64%2.39%5.53%3.71%
P/E Ratio23.0213.4620.0427.89
Price / Sales1.172.4925.5142.50
Price / Cash11.8513.5821.6422.63
Price / Book0.841.362.284.57
Net Income$126.89M$143.71M$992.82M$988.81M
7 Day Performance1.39%-0.45%-0.23%0.20%
1 Month Performance6.51%5.00%2.76%3.93%
1 Year Performance9.96%24.04%536.06%10.27%

Banc of California Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BANC
Banc of California
4.8771 of 5 stars
$14.97
-1.1%
$17.33
+15.8%
+10.6%$2.23B$1.89B23.021,903Analyst Forecast
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.0812 of 5 stars
$67.04
-1.0%
$71.43
+6.5%
+23.8%$4.62B$1.12B12.872,850Positive News
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
4.094 of 5 stars
$47.31
-1.4%
$50.17
+6.0%
+21.9%$3.36B$1.39B11.951,266News Coverage
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.5692 of 5 stars
$59.95
-1.8%
$63.29
+5.6%
+19.5%$5.23B$2.06B11.063,476News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
ONB
Old National Bancorp
4.9475 of 5 stars
$22.58
-0.8%
$25.90
+14.7%
+27.7%$7.28B$2.96B13.134,066Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PNFP
Pinnacle Financial Partners
4.3596 of 5 stars
$117.21
-0.5%
$122.36
+4.4%
+39.1%$9.14B$3.07B18.973,565News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.7843 of 5 stars
$22.76
-1.5%
$27.25
+19.7%
-9.6%$2.24B$905.41M14.971,325Positive News
SSB
SouthState
4.6262 of 5 stars
$95.93
-1.0%
$116.27
+21.2%
+17.6%$9.83B$1.88B13.785,030News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
VBTX
Veritex
4.8113 of 5 stars
$27.22
-1.4%
$30.25
+11.1%
+23.4%$1.50B$797.62M13.34770Positive News
BKU
BankUnited
3.5607 of 5 stars
$37.27
-2.0%
$40.33
+8.2%
+16.7%$2.86B$2.02B11.571,680Analyst Forecast
SNV
Synovus Financial
4.5255 of 5 stars
$54.55
-1.0%
$57.11
+4.7%
+28.7%$7.66B$3.43B15.284,775News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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