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$45.22 +0.55 (+1.24%)
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OFG vs. ABCB, CATY, FFBC, HWC, IBOC, PPBI, STBA, FBP, FCF, and FNB

Should you be buying OFG Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OFG Bancorp include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Hancock Whitney (HWC), International Bancshares (IBOC), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), S&T Bancorp (STBA), First BanCorp. (FBP), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), and F.N.B. (FNB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

OFG Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) and OFG Bancorp (NYSE:OFG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. OFG Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OFG Bancorp pays out 28.8% 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. OFG Bancorp has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. OFG Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

OFG Bancorp has a net margin of 22.10% compared to Ameris Bancorp's net margin of 21.46%. OFG Bancorp's return on equity of 15.23% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
OFG Bancorp 22.10%15.23%1.69%

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OFG Bancorp has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Ameris Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $71.43, suggesting a potential upside of 4.76%. OFG Bancorp has a consensus price target of $47.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.93%. Given Ameris Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ameris Bancorp is more favorable than OFG 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
OFG Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

In the previous week, OFG Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for OFG Bancorp and 7 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat OFG Bancorp's score of 0.75 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
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
OFG Bancorp
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of OFG Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of OFG Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Ameris Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than OFG Bancorp. OFG Bancorp 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$1.12B4.18$358.68M$5.4012.63
OFG Bancorp$873.53M2.32$198.17M$4.1710.84

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats OFG Bancorp on 12 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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OFG vs. The Competition

MetricOFG BancorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.03B$881.66M$12.00B$20.66B
Dividend Yield2.69%3.15%5.54%3.71%
P/E Ratio10.8419.6019.2827.83
Price / Sales2.322.3126.0956.10
Price / Cash9.2815.9618.5517.94
Price / Book1.651.132.294.60
Net Income$198.17M$54.19M$992.75M$989.58M
7 Day Performance1.69%0.88%0.81%1.16%
1 Month Performance10.49%8.23%4.35%5.49%
1 Year Performance14.63%22.01%541.09%10.60%

OFG Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OFG
OFG Bancorp
2.6832 of 5 stars
$45.22
+1.2%
$47.00
+3.9%
+13.0%$2.03B$873.53M10.842,246News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.3872 of 5 stars
$67.04
-1.0%
$71.43
+6.5%
+23.4%$4.62B$1.12B12.872,850News Coverage
Positive News
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
4.0789 of 5 stars
$47.31
-1.4%
$50.17
+6.0%
+22.1%$3.32B$1.39B11.951,266
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.4333 of 5 stars
$25.49
-1.4%
$28.75
+12.8%
+8.3%$2.44B$1.62B10.582,090Analyst Downgrade
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.5605 of 5 stars
$59.95
-1.8%
$63.29
+5.6%
+20.1%$5.13B$1.45B11.063,476News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
IBOC
International Bancshares
2.491 of 5 stars
$69.90
-1.8%
N/A+13.5%$4.34B$1.04B10.642,336Positive News
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.8644 of 5 stars
$22.76
-1.5%
$27.25
+19.7%
-9.1%$2.21B$905.41M14.971,325News Coverage
Positive News
STBA
S&T Bancorp
2.8018 of 5 stars
$39.46
-1.0%
$41.67
+5.6%
+10.6%$1.51B$564.96M11.371,206Analyst Downgrade
FBP
First BanCorp.
3.674 of 5 stars
$21.63
-1.4%
$22.80
+5.4%
+15.9%$3.49B$1.23B11.763,113News Coverage
Positive News
FCF
First Commonwealth Financial
3.811 of 5 stars
$16.95
-1.8%
$18.92
+11.6%
+12.8%$1.78B$699.69M12.651,545News Coverage
Positive News
FNB
F.N.B.
3.9306 of 5 stars
$15.52
-0.4%
$17.57
+13.2%
+9.7%$5.58B$2.57B12.324,280News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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