Ameris Bancorp (ABCB) Stock

Ameris Bancorp (ABCB) is a Financials stock trading at $86.10 (as of 2026-08-20), with a market capitalization of $5.79B and a trailing P/E of 15.4. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Ameris Bancorp is the bank holding company for Ameris Bank, providing banking and lending services to retail and commercial customers primarily in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina. It operates segments including banking, retail mortgage, warehouse lending, SBA lending, and premium finance, offering deposit accounts, commercial and residential real estate and other loans, and loan origination, administration, and servicing for insurance premium and SBA loans.

Understand Ameris Bancorp: how it makes money

Ameris Bancorp operates as the bank holding company for Ameris Bank, providing retail and commercial banking products to customers, and making loans across areas including residential and commercial real estate, SBA, warehouse lending, and premium finance.

Ameris Bancorp’s profit potential is driven by how much it can produce and keep in its loan pipeline, while funding that lending with customer deposits (tracked by the Loan-to-Deposit Ratio and efforts reflected in Brokered Deposits Reduction).

Business quality (Solid): Bank performance is closely linked to loan production and funding mix, so investors will likely focus on whether loan pipeline metrics and the Loan-to-Deposit Ratio stay supportive, alongside reported reduction in brokered deposits.

Valuation: At 14× earnings, ABCB trades 9% above the Banking average (13×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

  • Loan and funding metrics are explicit: The company reports operating indicators that connect lending activity (Loan Pipeline) with the funding balance (Loan-to-Deposit Ratio), giving investors a direct view of the credit and liquidity engine.
  • Reported brokered deposits reduction: Ameris Bancorp reported Brokered Deposits Reduction of 0.83 USD_B, which the company may use to manage its deposit funding mix.

Bear case

  • Funding tightness risk: A Loan-to-Deposit Ratio of 94.0 percent can indicate less buffer between deposits and lending, which may increase sensitivity if deposit balances change.
  • Origination dependence: Loan growth relies on ongoing production and pipeline health, and investors may be exposed to variation in Loan Pipeline and related production measures such as Mortgage Production.
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$86.10
Market Cap$5.79B
P/E Ratio15.4
EV / EBITDA9.0
Price / Book1.42
Price / Sales4.05
FCF Yield9.0%
DCF Value (model)$112.31
DCF Upside vs Price30.4%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$1.39B
Net Margin29.6%
Revenue Growth (YoY)5.2%
EPS Growth (YoY)-51.9%
FCF Growth (YoY)31.8%
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E15.4
Sector P/E (Financials)15.1
Industry P/E (Banking)12.9
vs Sector1.7%
vs Industry19.2%
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional HolderBlackRock, Inc. ($765.74M)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Congressional Trades (recent)7
Company
SectorFinancials
IndustryBanking
CEOH. Palmer Proctor Jr.
Employees2,045
CountryUS
IPO Date1996-03-28

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Data as of 2026-08-20.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.