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Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB) Competitors

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$44.79 -0.56 (-1.24%)
Closing price 08/7/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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NTB vs. ABCB, CATY, EWBC, HWC, OBK, PPBI, 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), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), 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

Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) and Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NYSE:NTB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and profitability.

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Ameris Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $72.14, suggesting a potential upside of 9.22%. Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son has a consensus target price of $51.33, suggesting a potential upside of 14.62%. 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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son 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.

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 7 more articles in the media than Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 5 mentions for Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son's score of 1.00 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ameris Bancorp
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son 27.05%21.16%1.57%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ameris Bancorp$1.14B3.99$358.68M$5.6811.63
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son$815.73M2.61$216.32M$4.988.99

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NTB vs. The Competition

MetricBank of N.T. Butterfield & SonBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.16B$66.78B$12.17B$20.70B
Dividend Yield3.88%3.65%5.64%3.67%
P/E Ratio8.998.8719.8628.65
Price / Sales2.614.5826.0568.99
Price / Cash8.269.5421.4923.59
Price / Book1.991.352.114.32
Net Income$216.32M$6.72B$1.00B$995.66M
7 Day Performance0.21%3.66%1.01%1.91%
1 Month Performance-2.57%2.73%-0.11%-0.54%
1 Year Performance28.44%49.21%543.15%14.76%

Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NTB
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son
4.1129 of 5 stars
$44.79
-1.2%
$51.33
+14.6%
+30.0%$2.16B$815.73M8.991,306
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.3963 of 5 stars
$66.48
+0.9%
$72.14
+8.5%
+19.2%$4.58B$1.14B12.762,850Positive News
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
4.3463 of 5 stars
$45.52
+1.5%
$49.71
+9.2%
+12.0%$3.14B$1.39B11.001,266
EWBC
East West Bancorp
4.5449 of 5 stars
$100.03
+1.2%
$114.15
+14.1%
+25.8%$13.62B$4.53B11.693,100Positive News
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.8988 of 5 stars
$58.89
+2.2%
$66.71
+13.3%
+21.0%$4.94B$2.06B10.853,476Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.5536 of 5 stars
$35.74
+1.2%
$43.20
+20.9%
+17.1%$1.11B$358.20M14.531,010Positive News
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
4.1284 of 5 stars
$21.73
+2.6%
$27.50
+26.6%
-10.4%$2.05B$905.41M15.301,325Positive News
Ex-Dividend
SSB
SouthState
4.868 of 5 stars
$93.47
+0.8%
$115.27
+23.3%
+4.4%$9.41B$2.12B13.435,030Positive News
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.5479 of 5 stars
$54.27
+0.9%
$66.00
+21.6%
+7.3%$3.01B$1.40B11.902,309
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.8643 of 5 stars
$124.85
+0.7%
$145.77
+16.8%
+27.0%$8.30B$3.97B11.815,903Positive News
ASB
Associated Banc
4.9115 of 5 stars
$24.38
+1.2%
$27.78
+14.0%
+18.3%$4.00B$2.39B31.664,000

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