IBOC vs. ABCB, UCBI, COLB, FBP, GBCI, FIBK, FFIN, TCBI, UBSI, and CATY
Should you be buying International Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Bancshares include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), United Community Banks (UCBI), Columbia Banking System (COLB), First BanCorp. (FBP), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), United Bankshares (UBSI), and Cathay General Bancorp (CATY). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) and International Bancshares (NASDAQ:IBOC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Ameris Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $52.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.82%. Given International Bancshares' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ameris Bancorp is more favorable than International Bancshares.
In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 20 more articles in the media than International Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 8 mentions for International Bancshares. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat International Bancshares' score of 0.80 indicating that International Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
International Bancshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ameris Bancorp. International Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameris Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
International Bancshares has a net margin of 42.45% compared to International Bancshares' net margin of 18.06%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 18.32% beat International Bancshares' return on equity.
91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.9% of International Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.5% of International Bancshares shares are owned by company 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.
Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. International Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. International Bancshares pays out 19.9% 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. International Bancshares has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. International Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Bancshares has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ameris Bancorp received 217 more outperform votes than International Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.58% of users gave Ameris Bancorp an outperform vote while only 52.97% of users gave International Bancshares an outperform vote.
Summary
Ameris Bancorp and International Bancshares tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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