Ameris Bancorp

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Regional Banks
  • ISIN: US03076K1088
USD
76.63
0.23 (0.3%)
  • Price Points
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  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
UMB Financial Corp.
Associated Banc-Corp
Independent Bank Corp. (Massachusetts)
United Community Banks, Inc.
Ameris Bancorp
CVB Financial Corp.
TFS Financial Corp.
TrustCo Bank Corp. NY
Community Bank System, Inc.
First Interstate BancSystem, Inc.

Why is Ameris Bancorp ?

1
High Profitability with a Net Interest Margin of 2.68%
2
Positive results in Dec 25
  • NII(Q) Highest at USD 245.31 MM
  • ROCE(HY) Highest at 1.53%
  • GROSS NPA (%)(Q) Lowest at 0.43%
3
With ROA of 1.16%, it has a attractive valuation with a 1.31 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 29.98%, its profits have risen by 25.8% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.5
4
High Institutional Holdings at 99.61%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
  • Their stake has increased by 1.75% over the previous quarter.
5
Market Beating performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating 29.98% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Ameris Bancorp should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Regional Banks should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Regional Banks)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Ameris Bancorp for you?

Medium Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Ameris Bancorp
34.77%
2.11
29.71%
S&P 500
20.78%
0.92
19.35%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
13.93%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-0.02%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
0
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0
Tax Ratio
0
Dividend Payout Ratio
13.33%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
99.61%
ROCE (avg)
0
ROE (avg)
0
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
13
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.31
EV to EBIT
8.21
EV to EBITDA
7.62
EV to Capital Employed
1.47
EV to Sales
2.79
PEG Ratio
0.51
Dividend Yield
5.37%
ROCE (Latest)
17.90%
ROE (Latest)
9.99%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
OBV
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

10What is working for the Company
NII(Q)

Highest at USD 245.31 MM

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 1.53%

GROSS NPA (%)

(Q

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at USD 358.06 MM

-3What is not working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 1.53%

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Lowest at 12.58%

Here's what is working for Ameris Bancorp

NII
Highest at USD 245.31 MM and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The bank's income from core business is increasing

Net NPA

Non Performing Loans (%)
Lowest at 0.43%
in the last four Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Proportion of stressed loans given by the bank are falling

Non Performing Loans (%)

Net Sales
Highest at USD 358.06 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Here's what is not working for Ameris Bancorp

Dividend Payout Ratio
Lowest at 12.58%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing lower proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)