CUBI vs. ABCB, CATY, EWBC, HTBK, PPBI, SBCF, ZION, BKU, CMA, and KEY
Should you be buying Customers Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Customers Bancorp include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida (SBCF), Zions Bancorporation, N.A. (ZION), BankUnited (BKU), Comerica (CMA), and KeyCorp (KEY). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Customers Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Customers Bancorp (NYSE:CUBI) and Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, Customers Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Customers Bancorp and 7 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Customers Bancorp's score of 1.05 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ameris Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Customers Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Customers Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Customers Bancorp's net margin of 10.77%. Customers Bancorp's return on equity of 11.98% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.
Customers Bancorp has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
89.3% of Customers Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Customers Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Customers Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $69.88, indicating a potential upside of 3.10%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus target price of $72.14, indicating a potential downside of 3.03%. Given Customers Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Customers Bancorp is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.
Summary
Ameris Bancorp beats Customers Bancorp on 9 of the 17 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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This page (NYSE:CUBI) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
