NBHC vs. ABCB, BANR, FFBC, HOPE, HWC, PPBI, SFNC, STBA, TOWN, and UBSI
Should you be buying National Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Bank include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Banner (BANR), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Simmons First National (SFNC), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Towne Bank (TOWN), and United Bankshares (UBSI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
National Bank vs. Its Competitors
National Bank (NYSE:NBHC) 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 dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
National Bank currently has a consensus price target of $47.20, suggesting a potential upside of 20.44%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus price target of $72.14, suggesting a potential downside of 1.65%. Given National Bank's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe National Bank is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.
National Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. National Bank pays out 38.7% 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. National Bank has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. National Bank 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 National Bank's net margin of 20.02%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat National Bank's return on equity.
In the previous week, National Bank and National Bank both had 6 articles in the media. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat National Bank's score of 1.57 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ameris Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than National Bank. National Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameris Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
92.7% of National Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of National Bank shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
National Bank has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ameris Bancorp beats National Bank on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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:NBHC) was last updated on 8/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
