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$39.39 +0.38 (+0.97%)
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NBHC vs. ABCB, BANR, FFBC, HOPE, HWC, PPBI, RNST, SFNC, STBA, 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), Renasant (RNST), Simmons First National (SFNC), S&T Bancorp (STBA), 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and dividends.

National Bank currently has a consensus price target of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.78%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus price target of $71.43, suggesting a potential upside of 6.51%. Given National Bank's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe National Bank is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
National Bank
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
National Bank$599.50M2.50$118.82M$2.9013.58
Ameris Bancorp$1.12B4.11$358.68M$5.4012.42

National Bank has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, National Bank had 8 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for National Bank and 3 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat National Bank's score of 0.32 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

National Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. National Bank pays out 41.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% 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 increased 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 18.75%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat National Bank's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
National Bank18.75% 9.02% 1.17%
Ameris Bancorp 21.46%9.57%1.32%

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats National Bank 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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NBHC vs. The Competition

MetricNational BankBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.49B$1.95B$12.03B$20.53B
Dividend Yield3.08%2.67%5.58%3.77%
P/E Ratio13.5812.3619.9527.85
Price / Sales2.502.3125.5237.49
Price / Cash10.1212.2221.3421.91
Price / Book1.151.212.264.55
Net Income$118.82M$154.64M$1.00B$984.95M
7 Day Performance3.79%3.33%1.74%2.31%
1 Month Performance7.58%6.22%3.79%4.85%
1 Year Performance2.34%28.04%540.42%13.81%

National Bank Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NBHC
National Bank
3.5681 of 5 stars
$39.39
+1.0%
$46.00
+16.8%
+0.1%$1.49B$599.50M13.581,309Analyst Revision
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
2.6247 of 5 stars
$64.77
-0.2%
$71.43
+10.3%
+32.5%$4.46B$1.12B12.432,850Ex-Dividend
BANR
Banner
3.0437 of 5 stars
$64.15
+0.2%
$70.83
+10.4%
+37.3%$2.21B$832.99M12.601,956Analyst Revision
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.604 of 5 stars
$24.26
-0.4%
$28.75
+18.5%
+14.8%$2.33B$1.62B10.072,090
HOPE
Hope Bancorp
4.8867 of 5 stars
$10.73
-0.6%
$13.50
+25.8%
+6.7%$1.38B$1.00B13.761,244Positive News
Analyst Revision
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.5652 of 5 stars
$57.40
-0.4%
$61.25
+6.7%
+27.4%$4.94B$2.06B10.593,476Positive News
Analyst Revision
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.7248 of 5 stars
$21.09
+0.1%
$27.25
+29.2%
-0.8%$2.04B$905.41M13.881,325Analyst Revision
RNST
Renasant
3.0121 of 5 stars
$35.92
-0.4%
$41.00
+14.1%
+24.0%$3.41B$668.50M10.982,330
SFNC
Simmons First National
4.6623 of 5 stars
$18.96
+0.2%
$22.33
+17.8%
+13.7%$2.38B$1.46B16.342,946Positive News
Analyst Revision
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.4064 of 5 stars
$37.82
-0.5%
$41.67
+10.2%
+17.7%$1.46B$564.96M10.901,206Analyst Revision
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.2166 of 5 stars
$36.43
flat
$40.63
+11.5%
+17.0%$5.18B$1.63B13.542,553News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:NBHC) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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