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ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS) Competitors

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$83.27 +0.28 (+0.34%)
Closing price 09/23/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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SFBS vs. ABCB, CATY, FFIN, INDB, ONB, SFNC, STBA, UBSI, WSFS, and FBK

Should you be buying ServisFirst Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ServisFirst Bancshares include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Independent Bank (INDB), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Simmons First National (SFNC), S&T Bancorp (STBA), United Bankshares (UBSI), WSFS Financial (WSFS), and FB Financial (FBK). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

ServisFirst Bancshares vs. Its Competitors

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

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.3% of ServisFirst Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of ServisFirst Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

ServisFirst Bancshares has a net margin of 24.62% compared to Ameris Bancorp's net margin of 21.46%. ServisFirst Bancshares' return on equity of 15.47% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
ServisFirst Bancshares 24.62%15.47%1.46%

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than ServisFirst Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 5 mentions for ServisFirst Bancshares. ServisFirst Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 0.62 indicating that ServisFirst Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ameris Bancorp
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ServisFirst Bancshares
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 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 1.1%. ServisFirst Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ServisFirst Bancshares pays out 29.3% 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. ServisFirst Bancshares has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. ServisFirst Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ServisFirst Bancshares has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Ameris Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $72.14, indicating a potential downside of 3.75%. ServisFirst Bancshares has a consensus target price of $90.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.68%. Given ServisFirst Bancshares' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ServisFirst 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
ServisFirst Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ameris Bancorp$1.13B4.57$358.68M$5.6813.20
ServisFirst Bancshares$981.18M4.64$227.24M$4.5718.22

Summary

ServisFirst Bancshares beats Ameris Bancorp on 10 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

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SFBS vs. The Competition

MetricServisFirst BancsharesFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.53B$641.31M$12.67B$21.71B
Dividend Yield1.61%3.24%5.43%3.52%
P/E Ratio18.2213.58240.1329.84
Price / Sales4.642.2130.8660.74
Price / Cash18.4115.7522.8824.72
Price / Book2.811.062.314.59
Net Income$227.24M$36.77M$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance-0.13%0.61%0.42%0.64%
1 Month Performance-5.76%2.20%1.66%2.77%
1 Year Performance3.84%9.61%540.38%14.49%

ServisFirst Bancshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SFBS
ServisFirst Bancshares
3.1935 of 5 stars
$83.27
+0.3%
$90.50
+8.7%
+0.1%$4.53B$981.18M18.22570Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.2601 of 5 stars
$74.02
-0.5%
$72.14
-2.5%
+17.8%$5.08B$1.13B14.212,850
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
3.772 of 5 stars
$48.72
-0.8%
$49.71
+2.0%
+11.6%$3.39B$1.39B11.771,266
FFIN
First Financial Bankshares
4.1839 of 5 stars
$35.43
-1.6%
$39.20
+10.6%
-9.8%$5.15B$752.91M20.601,500Positive News
INDB
Independent Bank
3.169 of 5 stars
$70.87
-0.6%
$71.00
+0.2%
+16.4%$3.56B$980.77M16.001,837Positive News
Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
ONB
Old National Bancorp
4.7839 of 5 stars
$22.05
-2.7%
$26.40
+19.7%
+17.3%$8.88B$2.96B13.054,066Positive News
SFNC
Simmons First National
4.7987 of 5 stars
$19.98
-2.4%
$22.75
+13.9%
-8.4%$2.96B$1.46B15.732,946
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.455 of 5 stars
$38.56
-1.3%
$42.00
+8.9%
-9.6%$1.50B$564.96M11.311,206Positive News
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.5518 of 5 stars
$37.15
-0.7%
$40.50
+9.0%
-1.4%$5.30B$1.63B13.132,553Positive News
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.3991 of 5 stars
$55.35
-1.0%
$66.00
+19.2%
+6.3%$3.13B$1.40B12.142,309
FBK
FB Financial
4.3038 of 5 stars
$52.61
-0.8%
$58.80
+11.8%
+15.0%$2.86B$764.61M27.261,490

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