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Amerant Bancorp Inc. Class AAMTBCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Financials›Major Banks

Coral Gables, Florida bank serving US and Latin American clients with commercial, retail and private banking.

Momentum strong 77
Mkt cap
$1.15B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
91%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$13.5M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.38×
price to book
ROE
7.5%
delivered
Implied ROE
11.0%
what the price asks
Next earnings
82 days
27 Jan 2027
Close · USD$29.60
1D+0.2%
1W-1.1%
1M+2.0%
3M+3.2%
6M+26.3%
YTD+51.7%
1Y+69.7%
ATR %2.9%
Beta0.52
52w lowhigh4.5% off high

What Amerant Bancorp does

Coral Gables, Florida bank serving US and Latin American clients with commercial, retail and private banking.

Earns mainly the spread between loan yields and deposit costs, with commercial real estate and business loans the largest part, adding fees from private banking and mortgages. International clients who keep dollar savings in Florida form a distinctive deposit base alongside local business customers.

Products and services

  • Commercial banking
  • Retail banking
  • Private/international banking
  • Mortgage lending

Customers

  • Florida businesses/consumers
  • Latin American private-banking clients

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Regional/international banking
  • Florida plus Latin-America-linked…

What could go right

  • Latin American wealth inflows to Florida
  • Commercial loan growth

What could go wrong

  • Latin American political/currency risk
  • CRE concentration

Moat: narrow (distribution, customer qualification). Niche franchise banking Latin American clients alongside a Florida commercial-bank base.

Headquarters: Coral Gables, Florida · Founded: 1979 · Employees: 694

Named competitors

Amerant Bancorp at a glance

Size Amerant Bancorp (AMTB) is a United States Financials company (Major Banks) with a market value of $1.15B, the 2158th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $29.60 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 26.3%, against +13.9% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 7.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +10.7%); the operating margin is 23.2% (peer median 32.8%).

Valuation It trades at 1.38× book value against a peer median of 1.27× (7th most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 11.0%; Amerant Bancorp delivers 7.5%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Short interest Short interest is 5.4% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 27 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026AMTB 128Peer median 116
Six months, rebased to 100: Amerant Bancorp against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Amerant Bancorp financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$612M$654M$578M$589M$387M
Revenue growth—+13%-2%+52%—
Net income$67.3M$52.4M-$15.8M$32.5M$63.3M
Free cash flow$137M$129M$74.8M$15.8M-$59.8M
Capital expenditure$7.07M$14.7M$7.40M$75.9M$10.6M
Total debt$971M$923M$1.01B$925M$1.20B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Amerant Bancorp competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%+40%+60%-20%0%8360NORIONOSBC8346R4CAC8714FMNBAVARDA2897PSB8362ESQ8337CASHALRSSOUTHBANK9668AMTB6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Amerant Bancorp is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

5%10%15%20%25%20×40×8360NORIONOSBC8346R4CAC8714AVARDA2897PSBESQCASHALRS9668AMTBReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Amerant Bancorp is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

10%20%10%20%8360NORIONOSBC8346R4CAC8714FMNBAVARDATHFF2897PSBESQ8337CASHALRSSOUTHBANK9668AMTBROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Amerant Bancorp is the large dot.

Amerant Bancorp competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (AMTB vs BKU vs SBCF vs HOMB)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Amerant Bancorp AMTB$1.15B+26%-8%8%1.38×11.0%
BankUnited BKU$3.14B-7%-5%9%1.09×11.9%
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida SBCF$3.24B+8%+29%7%1.25×10.9%
Home BancShares HOMB$5.97B+12%+2%11%1.31×10.2%

How Amerant Bancorp compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Amerant Bancorp against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureAMTBPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+2.0%+2.6%10th lowest of 21
6-month return+26.3%+13.9%6th highest of 21
Return on equity7.5%11.1%8th lowest of 21
Price / book1.38×1.27×7th most expensive of 21
Trailing P/E17.5×11.7×5th most expensive of 21
ROE the price implies11.0%9.8%6th most demanding of 21
ROE delivered7.5%11.1%8th lowest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Amerant Bancorp AMTBUnited States$1.15B+26%-8%8%1.38×11.0%7.5%
Yamanashi Chuo Bank 8360.TJapan$1.16B+57%+30%5%0.72×5.7%5.0%
Norion Bank NORION.STSweden$1.18B+33%-2%13%1.23×6.8%12.6%
Old Second Bancorp OSBCUnited States$1.24B+15%+22%13%1.37×10.9%12.8%
Toho Bank 8346.TJapan$1.32B+24%+30%7%0.92×7.2%6.6%
Renta 4 Banco R4.MCSpain$984M+13%+12%29%4.15×13.9%29.0%
Camden National CACUnited States$980M+18%+6%13%1.36×9.5%12.9%
Senshu Ikeda Holdings,Inc 8714.TJapan$1.41B-14%+29%8%0.88×6.0%8.0%
Farmers National Banc FMNBUnited States$914M+9%+26%12%1.28×10.2%11.6%
Avarda Bank AVARDA.STSweden$1.47B+42%+22%26%4.29×23.7%26.0%
First Financial THFFUnited States$907M+12%+10%14%1.37×8.6%14.3%
O-Bank 2897.TWTaiwan$889M+4%-7%6%0.68×2.8%5.6%
Punjab & Sind Bank PSB.NSIndia$1.52B-22%+3%11%0.99×14.8%10.7%
Fukui Bank 8362.TJapan$872M+57%+16%7%0.86×7.9%7.5%
Esquire Financial ESQUnited States$1.57B+21%+33%11%2.00×10.2%10.5%
Chiba Kogyo Bank 8337.TJapan$845M+10%+28%5%1.01×8.4%4.9%
Pathward Financial CASHUnited States$1.58B-12%-1%21%1.93×12.8%20.9%
Alerus Financial ALRSUnited States$837M+26%-15%5%1.45×10.7%5.3%
South Indian Bank SOUTHBANK.NSIndia$1.60B+38%+5%14%1.25×18.3%13.9%
QCR QCRHUnited States$1.64B+11%+3%13%1.43×10.9%12.7%
CHINA BOHAI BANK 9668.HKHong Kong$1.67B-23%-5%6%0.10×3.4%5.5%

Questions

Who are Amerant Bancorp's main competitors?
Named competitors: BankUnited (BKU), Seacoast Banking (SBCF), Home BancShares (HOMB). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Yamanashi Chuo Bank (8360.T), Norion Bank (NORION.ST), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), Toho Bank (8346.T), Renta 4 Banco (R4.MC), Camden National (CAC).
Is Amerant Bancorp expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.38× against a peer median of 1.27×, 7th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 11.0%; Amerant Bancorp delivers 7.5%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Amerant Bancorp stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +26.3% against +13.9% for the median peer; over one year +69.7%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.