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Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB) Competitors

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BHLB vs. ABCB, BANR, FFBC, HWC, OBK, PPBI, STBA, UBSI, WSFS, and FCF

Should you be buying Berkshire Hills Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Berkshire Hills Bancorp include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Banner (BANR), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), S&T Bancorp (STBA), United Bankshares (UBSI), WSFS Financial (WSFS), and First Commonwealth Financial (FCF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) and Berkshire Hills Bancorp (NYSE:BHLB) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and profitability.

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Berkshire Hills Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Berkshire Hills Bancorp pays out 28.1% 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. Ameris Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Ameris Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Berkshire Hills Bancorp. Berkshire Hills Bancorp 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
Ameris Bancorp$1.13B4.53$358.68M$5.6813.10
Berkshire Hills Bancorp$696.05M0.00$61M$2.56N/A

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Berkshire Hills Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Berkshire Hills Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Berkshire Hills Bancorp's net margin of 15.93%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat Berkshire Hills Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
Berkshire Hills Bancorp 15.93%9.45%0.92%

Ameris Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $72.14, suggesting a potential downside of 3.03%. Berkshire Hills Bancorp has a consensus target price of $32.75, suggesting a potential upside of 27.66%. Given Berkshire Hills Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Berkshire Hills Bancorp 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
Berkshire Hills Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berkshire Hills Bancorp has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 6 more articles in the media than Berkshire Hills Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 2 mentions for Berkshire Hills Bancorp. Berkshire Hills Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 1.35 indicating that Berkshire Hills Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ameris Bancorp
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Berkshire Hills Bancorp
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Berkshire Hills Bancorp on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BHLB vs. The Competition

MetricBerkshire Hills BancorpFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.19B$654.16M$12.79B$21.58B
Dividend Yield2.76%3.23%5.40%3.48%
P/E Ratio10.0210.48245.7329.75
Price / SalesN/A2.0031.1286.31
Price / Cash10.9416.0022.3625.00
Price / BookN/A1.042.314.58
Net Income$61M$36.72M$1.01B$999.94M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.53%1.04%0.68%
1 Month Performance-1.89%3.33%2.38%3.10%
1 Year Performance-3.23%10.24%539.26%14.39%

Berkshire Hills Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BHLB
Berkshire Hills Bancorp
4.5884 of 5 stars
N/A$32.75
+∞
-0.8%$1.19B$696.05M10.021,238Positive News
High Trading Volume
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.6057 of 5 stars
$73.46
-0.8%
$72.14
-1.8%
+25.5%$5.08B$1.13B14.102,850News Coverage
Positive News
BANR
Banner
2.5477 of 5 stars
$67.64
0.0%
$70.17
+3.7%
+18.1%$2.34B$832.99M12.881,956News Coverage
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.4247 of 5 stars
$26.34
-0.2%
$29.40
+11.6%
+5.4%$2.53B$1.62B10.542,090Positive News
Short Interest ↑
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.6198 of 5 stars
$62.90
+0.3%
$68.25
+8.5%
+30.1%$5.32B$2.06B11.583,476Positive News
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.6502 of 5 stars
$38.95
+0.8%
$43.20
+10.9%
+13.0%$1.22B$347.73M15.831,010News Coverage
Positive News
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.7484 of 5 stars
$24.49
flat
$27.50
+12.3%
N/A$2.38B$905.41M17.251,325Positive News
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.4503 of 5 stars
$39.38
-0.5%
$42.00
+6.7%
-5.1%$1.52B$384.51M11.551,206Positive News
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.4199 of 5 stars
$38.21
-0.2%
$40.50
+6.0%
+3.0%$5.42B$1.63B13.502,553Positive News
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.3795 of 5 stars
$58.15
-0.2%
$66.00
+13.5%
+10.2%$3.26B$1.40B12.752,309Positive News
FCF
First Commonwealth Financial
3.5854 of 5 stars
$17.74
-0.8%
$18.90
+6.6%
+7.3%$1.87B$490.58M13.641,545News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:BHLB) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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