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BY vs. ABCB, BANR, BUSE, CTBI, FFBC, FRME, HWC, STBA, TCBK, and UVSP

Should you be buying Byline Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Byline Bancorp include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Banner (BANR), First Busey (BUSE), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Hancock Whitney (HWC), S&T Bancorp (STBA), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), and Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (UVSP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Byline Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Byline Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 4 mentions for Byline Bancorp. Byline Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 0.62 indicating that Byline Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Byline Bancorp
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Ameris Bancorp
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

67.7% of Byline Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 28.8% of Byline Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Byline Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Byline Bancorp pays out 14.9% 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. Byline Bancorp has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Byline Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Byline Bancorp's net margin of 19.03%. Byline Bancorp's return on equity of 10.98% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Byline Bancorp19.03% 10.98% 1.30%
Ameris Bancorp 21.46%9.57%1.32%

Byline Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $33.25, suggesting a potential upside of 18.02%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus price target of $72.14, suggesting a potential downside of 3.58%. Given Byline Bancorp's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Byline Bancorp is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Byline Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Byline Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Ameris Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Byline Bancorp. Byline 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
Byline Bancorp$624.78M2.07$120.76M$2.6810.51
Ameris Bancorp$1.13B4.56$358.68M$5.6813.17

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Byline Bancorp on 13 of the 19 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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BY vs. The Competition

MetricByline BancorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.29B$934.95M$12.64B$21.64B
Dividend Yield1.40%3.00%5.42%3.51%
P/E Ratio10.5217.20241.4630.06
Price / Sales2.072.1930.9561.08
Price / Cash10.6122.8319.8318.30
Price / Book1.151.152.324.64
Net Income$120.76M$54.35M$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance-0.20%0.76%0.45%0.98%
1 Month Performance-2.64%-0.06%1.67%2.77%
1 Year Performance5.40%12.57%539.76%15.15%

Byline Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BY
Byline Bancorp
4.1897 of 5 stars
$28.17
-0.3%
$33.25
+18.0%
+4.9%$1.29B$624.78M10.521,027Positive News
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.4092 of 5 stars
$74.02
-0.5%
$72.14
-2.5%
+17.4%$5.08B$1.13B14.212,850
BANR
Banner
2.809 of 5 stars
$65.43
-1.1%
$70.17
+7.2%
+7.9%$2.29B$832.99M12.461,956Positive News
BUSE
First Busey
4.9328 of 5 stars
$24.44
-0.7%
$27.33
+11.8%
-8.8%$2.19B$663.36M21.821,548Positive News
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
4.4868 of 5 stars
$56.42
-0.9%
$64.50
+14.3%
+14.2%$1.03B$376.01M11.11980News Coverage
Positive News
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.5168 of 5 stars
$25.51
-1.7%
$29.40
+15.2%
+2.2%$2.49B$1.62B10.202,090
FRME
First Merchants
4.8885 of 5 stars
$39.65
-0.9%
$48.25
+21.7%
+6.9%$2.31B$1.07B10.272,120Positive News
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.7046 of 5 stars
$63.07
-0.2%
$68.25
+8.2%
+21.6%$5.36B$2.06B11.623,476Positive News
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.4868 of 5 stars
$38.56
-1.3%
$42.00
+8.9%
-10.6%$1.50B$564.96M11.311,206Positive News
TCBK
TriCo Bancshares
3.8035 of 5 stars
$45.09
-0.7%
$47.60
+5.6%
+3.6%$1.48B$531.04M13.261,201Positive News
UVSP
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
3.4442 of 5 stars
$30.72
-0.1%
$29.00
-5.6%
+8.4%$886.05M$500.41M11.21970Positive News

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