Ameris Bancorp
At today's price, Ameris Bancorp (ABCB) is priced for 14.2% return on equity. boothcheck doesn't publish a fair value or a price target; it shows what the price assumes, so you can judge whether that bar is too high. Built from SEC EDGAR filings.
- The number that decides a bank is its return on equity, and Ameris is earning a strong one: return on average tangible common equity of 14.75% and return on assets of 1.62% in Q1 2026. At about 1.4 times book, the price assumes the bank holds an elite-tier return for a long time. - The quarter was clean across the board: net income of $110.5 million ($1.63 per share, up from $1.27), net interest margin expanding to 3.88%, an efficiency ratio under 50%, and credit metrics holding firm with net
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368 institutional managers reported holding ABCB in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 93% of the company; the top 10 hold 57%. 30 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, Dimensional Fund Advisors, among others. On the short side, 2.4M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 3% of shares outstanding (5.2 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
ABCB has cut its share count 2.8% over the past five years, spending $226.47M on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has for 12 years running; the current rate is $0.80 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $131.43M in dividends and $179.01M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at ABCB over the trailing three years: 2025: 3 buys totaling $104k. 19 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
ABCB's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-09 | +1.3% | -10.0% |
| 2023-11-09 | +2.2% | +30.5% |
| 2024-02-29 | +0.8% | +5.4% |
| 2024-05-10 | -0.6% | +9.6% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
ABCB's latest 8-K filings: 2026-06-18 (items 5.03, 9.01); 2026-06-12 (items 8.01); 2026-05-26 (items 5.07); 2026-04-23 (items 2.02, 7.01); 2026-02-24 (items 5.02).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Nothing here is investment advice.
Last analyzed: June 27, 2026
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