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Ameris Bancorp (ABCB) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Sep 28 close
$81.44−0.85 (−1.0%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryThis week's news mixes an analyst move and dividend updates around Ameris Bancorp. Argus lowered its target price for ABCB to $79.00, while the company's quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share, payable October 5, 2026, continues to be highlighted alongside a fair value estimate suggesting the stock is undervalued. Separate listings tracking the shares in euros on European exchanges also noted the same dividend and an ex-date of September 30, 2026.
ABCB closed at $81.44, down 1%, sitting between its 50-day average of $86.22 and 200-day average of $83.34, reflecting a mixed trend. The stock has fallen 4.6% over one month and 9.9% over three months, though it remains up 8.9% over the past year. The GekkoIndex reads 68.9, placing it in the Accumulation zone, while the gap to Gekko Fair Value stands at -8.9%, with fair value estimated at $89.40.
Ameris Bancorp's next earnings date falls on 26 October 2026, 27 days away, within the typical 20-trading-day holding window. Its last report showed an EPS miss against estimate, with a -2.4% reaction, and the company has beaten estimates in 6 of the past 8 quarters. Over the last 90 days, Congress recorded 1 buy and 0 sells. Seasonality over 5 years shows a 1.3% average 20-day return from this point, rising in 2 of those years, and analyst consensus targets $94.17.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.
Ameris Bancorp price vs fair value
Close $81.44200-day averageGekko Fair Value $89.40
Ameris Bancorp quick facts
- Market cap
- $5.48B
- P/E ratio
- 14.9
- Forward P/E
- 13
- EPS, TTM
- $5.53
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.18B
- Profit margin
- 31.8%
- Dividend yield
- 0.98%
- Beta
- 0.92
- Volume
- 447,797 avg 469,370
- 1-year return
- +8.9%
- Typical daily move
- ±1.7%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5.3%
- 50-day average
- $86.22
- 200-day average
- $83.34
- Next earnings
- Oct 26
- Shares outstanding
- 67.11M
Ameris Bancorp swing-trade checklist
Ameris Bancorp scores 3 supportive, 2 mixed and 1 headwind across the 6 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive2 mixed1 headwind
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $81.44 sits between the 50-day ($86.22) and 200-day ($83.34) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
68.9, Accumulation
Reading 68.9 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
8.9% below
Price is 8.9% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneysupportive
Leans bullish
Last 90 days: Congress 1 buy / 0 sales.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 27 days
Reports on Oct 26, 2026, 27 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitymixed
+1.3% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +1.3% over 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
See seasonality
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Ameris Bancorp stock chart and price history
Ameris Bancorp closed at $81.44 on Sep 28, 2026, +8.9% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $68.80 to $93.22.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −4.6%
- 3 months
- −9.9%
- 6 months
- +7.3%
- 1 year
- +8.9%
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About Ameris Bancorp
Ameris Bancorp serves as the parent holding company for Ameris Bank, which delivers a range of banking services to both individual and business clients. It is perhaps most recognized for its broad deposit and lending offerings, including checking and savings accounts, money market products, retirement accounts, and certificates of deposit, alongside mortgage, agricultural, and commercial lending.
The bank organizes its work across four divisions covering general banking, retail mortgages, warehouse lending, and premium finance. Its customer base spans consumers and businesses seeking loans such as home equity and home improvement financing, commercial real estate and industrial loans, equipment finance, insurance premium loans, and small business administration loans. Ameris Bank also runs mortgage and loan production offices in addition to its standard branch network, supporting origination and servicing of these various loan types.
Founded in 1971, Ameris Bancorp is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Its shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker ABCB.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Regional banks
- Website
- amerisbank.com
Ameris Bancorp GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Ameris Bancorp’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 68.9, in the Accumulation zone, down 1.2 points over five sessions.
68.9Accumulation
Down 1.2 points over five sessions, from the Buying zone.
Reading for Sep 28, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 29 | +0.9% | +1.0% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 162 | +0.3% | +3.9% | ||
| Neutral | 437 | +0.6% | +1.7% | ||
| Distribution | 43 | −0.7% | −2.8% | ||
| Selling | 1 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average ABCB share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.3% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is Ameris Bancorp stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Ameris Bancorp trades 8.9% below Gekko Fair Value of $89.40, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Ameris Bancorp shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$89.40
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 29, 2026
8.9% Undervalued
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Ameris Bancorp insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Ameris Bancorp, and members of Congress disclosed 1 purchase and 0 sales, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
1trade disclosed: 1 purchase and 0 sales.
| Member | Amount | Disclosed |
|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Ray Cisneros House, CA, purchase | $1,001 - $15,000 | Sep 7 traded Jul 10 |
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
Buybacks
Ameris Bancorp has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $19.65M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.36%
- Trailing four quarters
- $152.5M
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Mar 31
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Ameris Bancorp earnings: next date and track record
Ameris Bancorp reports on Oct 26, 2026 (27 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 6 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Oct 26, 2026
27 days away
- EPS estimate
- $1.68
- Revenue estimate
- $326.8M
6 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±2.5%average move across the report
5 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Jul 23, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Ameris Bancorp reported Q2 adjusted net income of $107.3M ($1.60/share), with adjusted ROA of 1.53% and adjusted PPNR ROA of 2.24%. Loan production surged 24% YoY to $2.4B with a $2.7B pipeline. Revenue grew 6% YoY while expenses rose only 3%. An $82.5M litigation accrual impacted reported earnings ($0.77/share reported). The bank expanded into Nashville and repurchased $94M in shares YTD.
- Guidance
- Management expects slight NIM compression of a few basis points per quarter over the next couple of quarters due to higher deposit funding costs. Capital levels remain strong with CET1 near 13%, positioning the bank for continued Southeastern growth.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | $1.60 est $1.66 | $317.8M est $323.8M | −2.4% |
| Apr 23, 2026 | $1.63 est $1.56 | $314.4M est $309.3M | +1.2% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | $1.59 est $1.56 | $309.9M est $310.4M | +1.2% |
| Oct 27, 2025 | $1.53 est $1.47 | $305.3M est $306.3M | −1.4% |
| Jul 28, 2025 | $1.17 est $1.35 | $300.7M est $305.2M | +5.3% |
| Apr 28, 2025 | $1.28 est $1.15 | $285.9M est $276.8M | +5.3% |
| Jan 30, 2025 | $1.38 est $1.20 | $290.8M est $276.2M | +0.7% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | $1.38 est $1.26 | $284.7M est $286.9M | −2.3% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Ameris Bancorp stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Ameris Bancorp is $94.17, +15.6% from the last close, from 6 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$94.17consensus 12-month target, +15.6% from the last close
Now $81.44Avg $94.17
Low $88High $100
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 6 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27 | Stephens | $88 | +8.1% |
| Jul 27 | Truist Financial | — | — |
| Jul 27 | D.A. Davidson | $100 | +22.8% |
| Jul 27 | KBW | $95 | +16.7% |
| Jul 27 | Piper Sandler | $92 | +13.0% |
+3.9%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+1.3%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±1.7%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Ameris Bancorp seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, Ameris Bancorp averaged +1.3% across the last 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +1.6% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +1.3% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +1.0% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +1.3% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +7.7% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, ABCB’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 5.3%.
Ameris Bancorp market cap and key statistics
Ameris Bancorp’s market cap is $5.48B, with a P/E ratio of 14.9 and revenue of $1.18B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $5.48B
- P/E ratio
- 14.9
- Forward P/E
- 13
- EPS, TTM
- $5.53
- Gekko Fair Value
- $89.40
Trading
- Volume
- 447,797
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 469,370
- 52-week high
- $93.22
- 52-week low
- $68.80
- Shares outstanding
- 67.11M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.18B
- Profit margin
- 31.8%
- Return on equity
- 9.4%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- −51.9%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.92
- Typical daily move
- ±1.7%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5.3%
- Dividend yield
- 0.98%
Ameris Bancorp stock news this week
Coverage of Ameris Bancorp this week reads neutral: 1 positive, 2 neutral and 1 negative headlines.
- Ameris Bancorp (AXU.SG) stock price, news, quote and history - Yahoo FinanceYahoo Finance Singapore, Sep 25
- Ameris Bancorp (ABCB) Stock forecastsYahoo Finance Singapore, Sep 25
- Ameris Bancorp (AXU.SG) Stock Price, News, Quote & HistoryYahoo! Finance Canada, Sep 24
- Ameris Bancorp (ABCB) Could Be 11% Below Fair Value As Dividend LandsSimply Wall Street, Sep 21
Ameris Bancorp peers
Ameris Bancorp’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| CMCanadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | Accumulation | 4.8% below |
| USBU.S. Bancorp | Accumulation | 10.6% below |
| NUNu | Buying | 24.1% below |
| TFCTruist Financial | Buying | 10.3% below |
| FITBFifth Third Bancorp | Accumulation | 11.5% below |
| MTBM&T Bank | Accumulation | 11.2% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Ameris Bancorp stock FAQ
What is Ameris Bancorp’s market cap?
Ameris Bancorp’s market cap is $5.48B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $81.44, with 67.11M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 14.9.
What is the Ameris Bancorp stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Ameris Bancorp is $94.17, +15.6% from the last close. Of the 6 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 2 rate it a buy, 4 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Ameris Bancorp stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Ameris Bancorp is undervalued: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $81.44 is 8.9% below Gekko Fair Value of $89.40. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Ameris Bancorp report earnings next?
Ameris Bancorp is expected to report on Oct 26, 2026 (27 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $1.68 per share on revenue of $326.8M. Ameris Bancorp beat the earnings estimate in 6 of its last 8 reports, moving 2.5% on average across the report.
What is Ameris Bancorp’s 52-week high and low?
Ameris Bancorp’s 52-week high is $93.22 and its 52-week low is $68.80; it closed at $81.44 on Sep 28, 2026, +8.9% over the past year.
Is Ameris Bancorp stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 6 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value and smart money), 2 as mixed (trend and seasonality) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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