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$74.28 +0.62 (+0.84%)
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PB vs. ABCB, CATY, FFIN, HWC, IBOC, PNFP, UBSI, FNB, HOMB, and SNV

Should you be buying Prosperity Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prosperity Bancshares include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Hancock Whitney (HWC), International Bancshares (IBOC), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), United Bankshares (UBSI), F.N.B. (FNB), Home BancShares (HOMB), and Synovus Financial (SNV). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Prosperity Bancshares vs. Its Competitors

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

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Prosperity Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Prosperity Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ameris Bancorp$1.12B4.13$358.68M$5.4012.47
Prosperity Bancshares$1.79B3.95$479.39M$5.2514.15

In the previous week, Prosperity Bancshares had 10 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Prosperity Bancshares and 4 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Prosperity Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 0.72 indicating that Prosperity Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ameris Bancorp
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Prosperity Bancshares
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Prosperity Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prosperity Bancshares pays out 44.2% 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. Prosperity Bancshares has increased its dividend for 27 consecutive years. Prosperity Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prosperity Bancshares has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Ameris Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $71.43, indicating a potential upside of 6.09%. Prosperity Bancshares has a consensus price target of $83.80, indicating a potential upside of 12.82%. Given Prosperity Bancshares' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Prosperity Bancshares 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
Prosperity Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

Prosperity Bancshares has a net margin of 27.69% compared to Ameris Bancorp's net margin of 21.46%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat Prosperity Bancshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
Prosperity Bancshares 27.69%6.81%1.27%

Summary

Prosperity Bancshares beats Ameris Bancorp on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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PB vs. The Competition

MetricProsperity BancsharesBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.08B$2.28B$11.87B$20.45B
Dividend Yield3.14%2.39%5.53%3.72%
P/E Ratio14.1513.5419.9727.80
Price / Sales3.953.0125.7049.81
Price / Cash13.0013.5618.7218.22
Price / Book0.951.372.264.58
Net Income$479.39M$143.71M$990.08M$982.91M
7 Day Performance1.87%1.39%0.87%1.31%
1 Month Performance6.07%5.62%3.68%4.85%
1 Year Performance25.43%31.01%540.88%14.09%

Prosperity Bancshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PB
Prosperity Bancshares
4.9793 of 5 stars
$74.28
+0.8%
$83.80
+12.8%
+24.0%$7.08B$1.79B14.153,916
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
2.6223 of 5 stars
$67.04
-1.0%
$71.43
+6.5%
+37.0%$4.62B$1.12B12.872,850
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
3.7611 of 5 stars
$47.31
-1.4%
$50.17
+6.0%
+30.4%$3.36B$1.39B11.951,266News Coverage
FFIN
First Financial Bankshares
3.4467 of 5 stars
$37.32
-1.2%
$38.50
+3.2%
+30.0%$5.40B$752.91M23.041,500News Coverage
Positive News
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.4542 of 5 stars
$59.95
-1.8%
$63.29
+5.6%
+30.8%$5.23B$2.06B11.273,476News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
IBOC
International Bancshares
3.1385 of 5 stars
$69.90
-1.8%
N/A+23.7%$4.43B$1.04B10.642,336Positive News
PNFP
Pinnacle Financial Partners
4.6163 of 5 stars
$117.21
-0.5%
$122.36
+4.4%
+52.3%$9.14B$3.07B18.973,565Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.172 of 5 stars
$37.78
-1.6%
$40.63
+7.5%
+19.7%$5.46B$1.63B14.042,553Positive News
FNB
F.N.B.
4.2771 of 5 stars
$15.52
-0.4%
$17.57
+13.2%
+15.7%$5.61B$2.57B12.324,280Analyst Downgrade
HOMB
Home BancShares
3.0423 of 5 stars
$29.37
-1.5%
$32.40
+10.3%
+24.9%$5.89B$1.47B13.992,552
SNV
Synovus Financial
4.7016 of 5 stars
$54.55
-1.0%
$57.11
+4.7%
+38.1%$7.66B$3.43B15.284,775Analyst Forecast

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