SFBS vs. ABCB, ASB, IBOC, UCBI, FBP, AUB, FIBK, TCBI, FHB, and HWC
Should you be buying ServisFirst Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ServisFirst Bancshares include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Associated Banc (ASB), International Bancshares (IBOC), United Community Banks (UCBI), First BanCorp. (FBP), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), First Hawaiian (FHB), and Hancock Whitney (HWC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) and ServisFirst Bancshares (NASDAQ: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 dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and community ranking.
Ameris Bancorp received 174 more outperform votes than ServisFirst Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.58% of users gave Ameris Bancorp an outperform vote while only 59.28% of users gave ServisFirst Bancshares an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than ServisFirst Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 1 mentions for ServisFirst Bancshares. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat ServisFirst Bancshares' score of 1.49 indicating that ServisFirst Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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, 7.4% of ServisFirst Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. ServisFirst Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ServisFirst Bancshares pays out 32.9% 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. ServisFirst Bancshares has increased its dividend for 9 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 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ServisFirst Bancshares has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ameris Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $52.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.31%. ServisFirst Bancshares has a consensus price target of $64.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.19%. Given ServisFirst Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ameris Bancorp is more favorable than ServisFirst Bancshares.
ServisFirst Bancshares has a net margin of 22.31% compared to ServisFirst Bancshares' net margin of 18.06%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 14.65% beat ServisFirst Bancshares' return on equity.
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.
Summary
Ameris Bancorp beats ServisFirst Bancshares on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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