NTB vs. ABCB, CATY, EWBC, FHB, HWC, OBK, SSB, WSFS, WTFC, and ASB
Should you be buying Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Hawaiian (FHB), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Origin Bancorp (OBK), SouthState (SSB), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), and Associated Banc (ASB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son vs. Its Competitors
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NYSE:NTB) 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 profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
Ameris Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son. Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameris Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son pays out 40.2% 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.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son presently has a consensus target price of $50.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.88%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus target price of $72.14, suggesting a potential downside of 2.19%. Given Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son had 2 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son and 1 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son's score of 0.58 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
62.7% of Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son has a net margin of 27.05% compared to Ameris Bancorp's net margin of 21.46%. Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son's return on equity of 21.16% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.
Summary
Ameris Bancorp beats Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NTB) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
