ABCB Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Banner Corp. has a net margin of 25.28% compared to Ameris Bancorp's net margin of 23.59%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 10.37% beat Banner Corp.'s return on equity of 10.38%.

Ameris Bancorp has a consensus price target of $82.86, signalling upside risk potential of 8.42%. On the other hand Banner Corp. has an analysts' consensus of $72.83 which suggests that it could grow by 11.64%. Given that Banner Corp. has higher upside potential than Ameris Bancorp, analysts believe Banner Corp. is more attractive than Ameris Bancorp.

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 1.001, which suggesting that the stock is 0.13300000000001% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Banner Corp. has a beta of 0.931, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 6.86%.

Ameris Bancorp has a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share corresponding to a yield of 1.04%. Banner Corp. offers a yield of 2.97% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share. Ameris Bancorp pays 12.52% of its earnings as a dividend. Banner Corp. pays out 39.37% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Ameris Bancorp quarterly revenues are $419.4M, which are larger than Banner Corp. quarterly revenues of $226.8M. Ameris Bancorp's net income of $106M is higher than Banner Corp.'s net income of $53.5M. Notably, Ameris Bancorp's price-to-earnings ratio is 13.26x while Banner Corp.'s PE ratio is 11.89x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Ameris Bancorp is 3.25x versus 2.60x for Banner Corp.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

City Holding Co. has a net margin of 25.28% compared to Ameris Bancorp's net margin of 34.43%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 10.37% beat City Holding Co.'s return on equity of 16.68%.

Ameris Bancorp has a consensus price target of $82.86, signalling upside risk potential of 8.42%. On the other hand City Holding Co. has an analysts' consensus of $129.60 which suggests that it could grow by 4.39%. Given that Ameris Bancorp has higher upside potential than City Holding Co., analysts believe Ameris Bancorp is more attractive than City Holding Co..

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 1.001, which suggesting that the stock is 0.13300000000001% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison City Holding Co. has a beta of 0.524, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 47.583%.

Ameris Bancorp has a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share corresponding to a yield of 1.04%. City Holding Co. offers a yield of 2.61% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.87 per share. Ameris Bancorp pays 12.52% of its earnings as a dividend. City Holding Co. pays out 38.13% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Ameris Bancorp quarterly revenues are $419.4M, which are larger than City Holding Co. quarterly revenues of $101.3M. Ameris Bancorp's net income of $106M is higher than City Holding Co.'s net income of $34.9M. Notably, Ameris Bancorp's price-to-earnings ratio is 13.26x while City Holding Co.'s PE ratio is 14.29x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Ameris Bancorp is 3.25x versus 4.61x for City Holding Co.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Bank OZK has a net margin of 25.28% compared to Ameris Bancorp's net margin of 25.25%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 10.37% beat Bank OZK's return on equity of 12.38%.

Ameris Bancorp has a consensus price target of $82.86, signalling upside risk potential of 8.42%. On the other hand Bank OZK has an analysts' consensus of $55.56 which suggests that it could grow by 17.73%. Given that Bank OZK has higher upside potential than Ameris Bancorp, analysts believe Bank OZK is more attractive than Ameris Bancorp.

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 1.001, which suggesting that the stock is 0.13300000000001% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Bank OZK has a beta of 0.919, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 8.063%.

Ameris Bancorp has a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share corresponding to a yield of 1.04%. Bank OZK offers a yield of 3.69% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.45 per share. Ameris Bancorp pays 12.52% of its earnings as a dividend. Bank OZK pays out 25.73% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Ameris Bancorp quarterly revenues are $419.4M, which are smaller than Bank OZK quarterly revenues of $731.1M. Ameris Bancorp's net income of $106M is lower than Bank OZK's net income of $184.6M. Notably, Ameris Bancorp's price-to-earnings ratio is 13.26x while Bank OZK's PE ratio is 7.61x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Ameris Bancorp is 3.25x versus 1.92x for Bank OZK. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Simmons First National Corp. has a net margin of 25.28% compared to Ameris Bancorp's net margin of 15.33%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 10.37% beat Simmons First National Corp.'s return on equity of -12.21%.

Ameris Bancorp has a consensus price target of $82.86, signalling upside risk potential of 8.42%. On the other hand Simmons First National Corp. has an analysts' consensus of $22.17 which suggests that it could grow by 15.15%. Given that Simmons First National Corp. has higher upside potential than Ameris Bancorp, analysts believe Simmons First National Corp. is more attractive than Ameris Bancorp.

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 1.001, which suggesting that the stock is 0.13300000000001% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Simmons First National Corp. has a beta of 0.918, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 8.184%.

Ameris Bancorp has a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share corresponding to a yield of 1.04%. Simmons First National Corp. offers a yield of 4.42% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.21 per share. Ameris Bancorp pays 12.52% of its earnings as a dividend. Simmons First National Corp. pays out 69.38% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Ameris Bancorp quarterly revenues are $419.4M, which are larger than Simmons First National Corp. quarterly revenues of -$442.8M. Ameris Bancorp's net income of $106M is higher than Simmons First National Corp.'s net income of -$562.8M. Notably, Ameris Bancorp's price-to-earnings ratio is 13.26x while Simmons First National Corp.'s PE ratio is 14.41x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Ameris Bancorp is 3.25x versus 3.92x for Simmons First National Corp.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.