AMAL vs. UCBI, FBP, AUB, FIBK, TCBI, CATY, FHB, CVBF, BOH, and INDB
Should you be buying Amalgamated Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amalgamated Financial include United Community Banks (UCBI), First BanCorp. (FBP), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Hawaiian (FHB), CVB Financial (CVBF), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), and Independent Bank (INDB). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
United Community Banks (NASDAQ:UCBI) and Amalgamated Financial (NASDAQ:AMAL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and dividends.
United Community Banks received 218 more outperform votes than Amalgamated Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.43% of users gave United Community Banks an outperform vote while only 55.63% of users gave Amalgamated Financial an outperform vote.
United Community Banks has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amalgamated Financial has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Amalgamated Financial has a net margin of 23.22% compared to Amalgamated Financial's net margin of 13.62%. United Community Banks' return on equity of 16.34% beat Amalgamated Financial's return on equity.
82.3% of United Community Banks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Amalgamated Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of United Community Banks shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Amalgamated Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
United Community Banks presently has a consensus target price of $30.60, suggesting a potential upside of 19.25%. Amalgamated Financial has a consensus target price of $29.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.69%. Given Amalgamated Financial's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe United Community Banks is more favorable than Amalgamated Financial.
In the previous week, United Community Banks had 2 more articles in the media than Amalgamated Financial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for United Community Banks and 3 mentions for Amalgamated Financial. Amalgamated Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat United Community Banks' score of 0.56 indicating that United Community Banks is being referred to more favorably in the media.
United Community Banks has higher revenue and earnings than Amalgamated Financial. Amalgamated Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Community Banks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
United Community Banks pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Amalgamated Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. United Community Banks pays out 59.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amalgamated Financial pays out 15.7% 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. United Community Banks has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years and Amalgamated Financial has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. United Community Banks is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
United Community Banks beats Amalgamated Financial on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Amalgamated Financial News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for AMAL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AMAL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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.
Amalgamated Financial Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
