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Byline Bancorp (BY) Competitors

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$33.13 -0.04 (-0.11%)
Closing price 05/22/2026 03:59 PM Eastern
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BY vs. ABCB, BUSE, FFBC, FMBH, and FRME

Should you buy Byline Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares Byline Bancorp with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with Byline Bancorp include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), First Busey (BUSE), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), and First Merchants (FRME). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

How does Byline Bancorp compare to Ameris Bancorp?

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

Byline Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $36.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.65%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus target price of $90.17, suggesting a potential upside of 6.43%. Given Byline Bancorp's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Byline Bancorp has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the broader market.

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$633.15M2.38$130.05M$3.0710.79
Ameris Bancorp$1.20B4.74$358.68M$6.3613.32

Byline Bancorp has a net margin of 21.86% compared to Ameris Bancorp's net margin of 21.46%. Byline Bancorp's return on equity of 11.56% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Byline Bancorp21.86% 11.56% 1.47%
Ameris Bancorp 21.46%9.57%1.32%

Byline Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.48 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 0.9%. Byline Bancorp pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameris Bancorp pays out 12.6% 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.

67.7% of Byline Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.8% of Byline Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Byline Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Byline Bancorp and 0 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Byline Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Byline Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Byline Bancorp Positive
Ameris Bancorp Neutral

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Byline Bancorp on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Byline Bancorp compare to First Busey?

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

67.7% of Byline Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of First Busey shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.8% of Byline Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of First Busey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

First Busey has higher revenue and earnings than Byline Bancorp. Byline Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Busey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Byline Bancorp$633.15M2.38$130.05M$3.0710.79
First Busey$1.04B2.19$135.26M$2.2512.04

Byline Bancorp has a net margin of 21.86% compared to First Busey's net margin of 19.16%. Byline Bancorp's return on equity of 11.56% beat First Busey's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Byline Bancorp21.86% 11.56% 1.47%
First Busey 19.16%10.19%1.36%

Byline Bancorp has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, First Busey has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the broader market.

Byline Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.65%. First Busey has a consensus target price of $27.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.55%. Given Byline Bancorp's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Byline Bancorp is more favorable than First Busey.

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
First Busey
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

In the previous week, First Busey had 3 more articles in the media than Byline Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for First Busey and 2 mentions for Byline Bancorp. First Busey's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Byline Bancorp's score of 0.66 indicating that First Busey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Byline Bancorp
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Busey
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Byline Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Byline Bancorp pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Busey pays out 46.2% 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 and First Busey has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. First Busey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Byline Bancorp beats First Busey on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Byline Bancorp compare to First Financial Bancorp.?

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

67.7% of Byline Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.8% of Byline Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Byline Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.65%. First Financial Bancorp. has a consensus price target of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.39%. Given Byline Bancorp's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Byline Bancorp is more favorable than First Financial 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
First Financial Bancorp.
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

First Financial Bancorp. has higher revenue and earnings than Byline Bancorp. Byline Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Financial Bancorp., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Byline Bancorp$633.15M2.38$130.05M$3.0710.79
First Financial Bancorp.$1.26B2.56$255.60M$2.8310.86

Byline Bancorp has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, First Financial Bancorp. has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the broader market.

Byline Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Byline Bancorp pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Financial Bancorp. pays out 35.3% 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 raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and First Financial Bancorp. has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Byline Bancorp has a net margin of 21.86% compared to First Financial Bancorp.'s net margin of 20.92%. Byline Bancorp's return on equity of 11.56% beat First Financial Bancorp.'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Byline Bancorp21.86% 11.56% 1.47%
First Financial Bancorp. 20.92%11.09%1.49%

In the previous week, First Financial Bancorp. had 2 more articles in the media than Byline Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for First Financial Bancorp. and 2 mentions for Byline Bancorp. Byline Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat First Financial Bancorp.'s score of 0.35 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Financial Bancorp.
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

First Financial Bancorp. beats Byline Bancorp on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Byline Bancorp compare to First Mid Bancshares?

Byline Bancorp (NYSE:BY) and First Mid Bancshares (NASDAQ:FMBH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment and dividends.

Byline Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than First Mid Bancshares. Byline Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Mid Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Byline Bancorp$633.15M2.38$130.05M$3.0710.79
First Mid Bancshares$466.04M2.49$91.75M$3.9710.98

Byline Bancorp has a net margin of 21.86% compared to First Mid Bancshares' net margin of 19.95%. Byline Bancorp's return on equity of 11.56% beat First Mid Bancshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Byline Bancorp21.86% 11.56% 1.47%
First Mid Bancshares 19.95%10.44%1.23%

In the previous week, Byline Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than First Mid Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Byline Bancorp and 0 mentions for First Mid Bancshares. Byline Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat First Mid Bancshares' score of 0.00 indicating that Byline Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Byline Bancorp Positive
First Mid Bancshares Neutral

Byline Bancorp has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, First Mid Bancshares has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the broader market.

Byline Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.65%. First Mid Bancshares has a consensus price target of $49.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.53%. Given First Mid Bancshares' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Mid Bancshares is more favorable than Byline 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
First Mid Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

67.7% of Byline Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.6% of First Mid Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 28.8% of Byline Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of First Mid Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Byline Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. First Mid Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Byline Bancorp pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Mid Bancshares pays out 25.2% 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 and First Mid Bancshares has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. First Mid Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Byline Bancorp beats First Mid Bancshares on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Byline Bancorp compare to First Merchants?

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

Byline Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. First Merchants pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Byline Bancorp pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Merchants pays out 43.5% 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. Byline Bancorp has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and First Merchants has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. First Merchants is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

67.7% of Byline Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of First Merchants shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.8% of Byline Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of First Merchants shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

First Merchants has higher revenue and earnings than Byline Bancorp. Byline Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Merchants, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Byline Bancorp$633.15M2.38$130.05M$3.0710.79
First Merchants$659.76M3.83$226M$3.4011.81

In the previous week, First Merchants had 7 more articles in the media than Byline Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for First Merchants and 2 mentions for Byline Bancorp. Byline Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat First Merchants' score of 0.30 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Merchants
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Byline Bancorp has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, First Merchants has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the broader market.

Byline Bancorp has a net margin of 21.86% compared to First Merchants' net margin of 18.87%. Byline Bancorp's return on equity of 11.56% beat First Merchants' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Byline Bancorp21.86% 11.56% 1.47%
First Merchants 18.87%9.58%1.21%

Byline Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $36.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.65%. First Merchants has a consensus price target of $48.33, suggesting a potential upside of 20.41%. Given First Merchants' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Merchants is more favorable than Byline 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
First Merchants
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Summary

First Merchants beats Byline Bancorp on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BY vs. The Competition

MetricByline BancorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.50B$1.10B$13.57B$23.18B
Dividend Yield1.45%2.69%5.84%4.10%
P/E Ratio10.7918.4223.9630.65
Price / Sales2.382.45150.3214.66
Price / Cash11.7223.8420.1525.12
Price / Book1.181.162.154.74
Net Income$130.05M$75.93M$1.13B$1.07B
7 Day Performance2.31%1.32%0.60%1.45%
1 Month Performance0.28%1.20%-0.07%1.58%
1 Year Performance27.92%25.22%12.01%28.44%

Byline Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BY
Byline Bancorp
4.2413 of 5 stars
$33.13
-0.1%
$36.00
+8.7%
+27.9%$1.50B$633.15M10.791,027
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.0625 of 5 stars
$82.82
-0.9%
$90.17
+8.9%
+38.5%$5.58B$1.20B15.912,850
BUSE
First Busey
4.2709 of 5 stars
$26.26
+0.2%
$27.50
+4.7%
+25.3%$2.22B$1.04B11.681,948
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
3.7028 of 5 stars
$29.93
+0.1%
$33.00
+10.3%
+28.1%$3.14B$1.26B10.592,199
FMBH
First Mid Bancshares
4.1526 of 5 stars
$42.71
+0.3%
$49.50
+15.9%
+24.7%$1.14B$466.04M10.761,170

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