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Best Bank Stocks to Buy Now (2024)
Top bank stocks in 2024 ranked by overall Zen Score. See the best bank stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the banks - regional industry.

Industry: Banks - Regional

Overview Zen Score Price Valuation Financials Forecast Earnings & Revenue Dividends Ownership

Ticker	Company	Country	Market Cap	Shares	Institutional %	Insider %	Net Insider (L12M)	Net Insider (L3M)
BCBP	BCB BANCORP INC	United States	$160.42M	16,957,391	35.99%	27.59%	Net Buying	Net Buying
ACNB	ACNB CORP	United States	$290.54M	8,505,311	32.34%	6.96%	Net Buying	Net Buying
CAC	CAMDEN NATIONAL CORP	United States	$444.29M	14,566,850	68.81%	6.26%	Net Buying	Net Buying
RMBI	RICHMOND MUTUAL BANCORPORATION INC	United States	$120.16M	11,115,887	17.16%	7.53%	Net Buying	Net Buying
GABC	GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP INC	United States	$954.11M	29,584,709	46.80%	12.71%	Net Buying	Net Selling
FHB	FIRST HAWAIIAN INC	United States	$2.79B	127,622,503	52.04%	47.96%	Net Selling	Net Selling
OPHC	OPTIMUMBANK HOLDINGS INC	United States	$33.44M	7,867,386	6.31%	93.69%	Net Selling
BFC	BANK FIRST CORP	United States	$799.79M	10,141,926	29.98%	9.64%	Net Buying	Net Buying
CFFI	C & F FINANCIAL CORP	United States	$130.01M	3,373,503	37.19%	10.63%	Net Selling	Net Selling
FBP	FIRST BANCORP	Puerto Rico	$2.88B	167,317,829	33.82%	66.18%	Net Selling	Net Selling
FFIN	FIRST FINANCIAL BANKSHARES INC	United States	$4.33B	142,751,867	69.66%	6.47%	Net Buying	Net Buying
COLB	COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM INC	United States	$3.99B	208,625,649	88.79%	1.46%	Net Buying	Net Buying
NRIM	NORTHRIM BANCORP INC	United States	$269.59M	5,499,578	65.76%	11.82%	Net Buying	Net Buying
UNTY	UNITY BANCORP INC	United States	$280.10M	10,141,047	24.09%	75.91%	Net Buying	Net Selling
BMRC	BANK OF MARIN BANCORP	United States	$250.03M	16,193,342	52.25%	9.55%	Net Buying	Net Selling
MCBC	MACATAWA BANK CORP	United States	$489.31M	34,361,562	42.52%	28.74%	Net Selling
CATC	CAMBRIDGE BANCORP	United States	$504.37M	7,846,510	55.96%	6.90%	Net Selling	Net Selling
FBMS	FIRST BANCSHARES INC	United States	$746.35M	31,227,881	64.00%	12.33%	Net Selling	Net Selling
FCBC	FIRST COMMUNITY BANKSHARES INC	United States	$618.95M	18,470,596	30.83%	69.17%	Net Buying
LCNB	LCNB CORP	United States	$201.54M	13,224,276	34.72%	11.48%	Net Buying	Net Buying
MOFG	MIDWESTONE FINANCIAL GROUP INC	United States	$321.47M	15,750,471	63.72%	36.28%	Net Buying	Net Selling
BMA	MACRO BANK INC	Argentina	$3.29B	639,413,408	0.46%	0.00%
FMNB	FARMERS NATIONAL BANC CORP	United States	$453.18M	37,545,864	38.79%	18.94%	Net Buying	Net Buying
VABK	VIRGINIA NATIONAL BANKSHARES CORP	United States	$137.45M	5,390,388	37.20%	14.84%	Net Buying	Net Buying
CATY	CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP	United States	$2.55B	72,669,738	74.96%	15.44%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SMBK	SMARTFINANCIAL INC	United States	$352.42M	17,058,114	51.36%	19.35%	Net Selling	Net Selling
PB	PROSPERITY BANCSHARES INC	United States	$5.94B	93,529,541	80.66%	9.54%	Net Selling	Net Selling
FUNC	FIRST UNITED CORP	United States	$149.60M	6,643,161	33.25%	13.95%	Net Buying	Net Selling
NECB	NORTHEAST COMMUNITY BANCORP INC	United States	$223.36M	14,065,796	41.23%	57.44%	Net Selling	Net Buying
AROW	ARROW FINANCIAL CORP	United States	$380.06M	16,553,058	46.64%	8.50%	Net Buying	Net Buying
SHBI	SHORE BANCSHARES INC	United States	$349.71M	33,210,522	54.29%	11.30%	Net Buying	Net Buying
AUB	ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES CORP	United States	$2.42B	75,084,066	72.23%	27.77%	Net Selling	Net Selling
UMBF	UMB FINANCIAL CORP	United States	$4.05B	48,741,902	87.72%	10.89%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SFBS	SERVISFIRST BANCSHARES INC	United States	$3.31B	54,489,090	68.78%	17.55%	Net Buying
MBCN	MIDDLEFIELD BANC CORP	United States	$176.88M	8,069,144	31.80%	7.29%	Net Buying	Net Buying
TSBK	TIMBERLAND BANCORP INC	United States	$205.10M	8,122,908	62.08%	10.70%	Net Buying
EGBN	EAGLE BANCORP INC	United States	$580.92M	29,928,977	70.20%	29.80%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ECBK	ECB BANCORP INC	United States	$113.42M	9,243,578	22.79%	7.58%	Net Buying
FRAF	FRANKLIN FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP	United States	$133.27M	4,383,720	24.78%	13.29%	Net Buying	Net Buying
HMNF	HMN FINANCIAL INC	United States	$87.91M	4,462,555	59.98%	18.91%	Net Buying
CVLY	CODORUS VALLEY BANCORP INC	United States	$216.67M	9,642,669	52.04%	7.56%	Net Buying	Net Buying
FRME	FIRST MERCHANTS CORP	United States	$2.03B	59,339,426	73.91%	3.46%	Net Buying	Net Selling
CZFS	CITIZENS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC	United States	$188.28M	4,706,994	22.49%	15.81%	Net Selling	Net Buying
PKBK	PARKE BANCORP INC	United States	$196.83M	11,958,321	44.46%	24.90%	Net Selling	Net Selling
WAFD	WAFD INC	United States	$1.81B	64,736,916	83.80%	4.84%	Net Buying
LBAI	LAKELAND BANCORP INC	United States	$815.73M	65,154,526	59.46%	13.95%	Net Selling	Net Selling
MNSB	MAINSTREET BANCSHARES INC	United States	$121.06M	7,614,090	55.05%	11.47%	Net Buying	Net Buying
SSB	SOUTHSTATE CORP	United States	$5.94B	76,252,786	89.70%	3.96%	Net Selling	Net Selling
BFIN	BANKFINANCIAL CORP	United States	$125.23M	12,460,678	53.60%	31.46%	Net Buying	Net Buying
NFBK	NORTHFIELD BANCORP INC	United States	$378.84M	44,464,644	47.06%	52.94%	Net Selling	Net Selling
OPOF	OLD POINT FINANCIAL CORP	United States	$73.34M	5,040,391	33.39%	46.97%	Net Buying
UBCP	UNITED BANCORP INC	United States	$72.97M	5,702,685	8.83%	19.02%	Net Selling	Net Selling
HTH	HILLTOP HOLDINGS INC	United States	$1.98B	65,266,915	32.02%	67.98%	Net Selling	Net Selling
NBTB	NBT BANCORP INC	United States	$1.70B	47,152,137	58.39%	10.93%	Net Buying	Net Selling
HTBI	HOMETRUST BANCSHARES INC	United States	$454.96M	17,444,787	55.65%	16.02%	Net Buying	Net Selling
FBNC	FIRST BANCORP	United States	$1.30B	41,134,360	68.27%	9.48%	Net Selling	Net Buying
FCF	FIRST COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL CORP	United States	$1.39B	102,244,622	72.50%	7.73%	Net Selling	Net Buying
BCML	BAYCOM CORP	United States	$231.10M	11,468,982	57.09%	6.84%
MBWM	MERCANTILE BANK CORP	United States	$583.26M	16,116,622	58.61%	23.31%	Net Selling	Net Selling
RNST	RENASANT CORP	United States	$1.68B	56,216,702	77.21%	9.67%	Net Selling	Net Selling
EBTC	ENTERPRISE BANCORP INC	United States	$305.74M	12,278,649	30.15%	36.60%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CCNE	CNB FINANCIAL CORP	United States	$400.94M	21,024,812	55.19%	11.73%	Net Buying	Net Buying
CHCO	CITY HOLDING CO	United States	$1.54B	14,816,776	72.33%	10.18%	Net Selling	Net Selling
HAFC	HANMI FINANCIAL CORP	United States	$478.83M	30,267,113	77.26%	22.74%	Net Selling	Net Selling
DB	DEUTSCHE BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT	United States	$35.40B	1,992,047,850	28.97%	0.00%
FXNC	FIRST NATIONAL CORP	United States	$94.35M	6,277,373	33.83%	44.27%	Net Buying	Net Selling
CWBC	COMMUNITY WEST BANCSHARES	United States	$210.96M	11,831,694	37.64%	62.36%	Net Buying	Net Buying
CFB	CROSSFIRST BANKSHARES INC	United States	$617.31M	49,345,279	56.27%	17.45%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CTBI	COMMUNITY TRUST BANCORP INC	United States	$768.41M	18,020,849	60.12%	20.91%	Net Buying	Net Buying
LYG	LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC	United Kingdom	$41.48B	63,569,225,662	0.59%	0.00%
EBMT	EAGLE BANCORP MONTANA INC	United States	$102.45M	8,016,784	35.63%	15.44%	Net Selling	Net Selling
IBN	ICICI BANK LTD	India	$92.63B	6,982,815,731	9.06%	0.00%
SSBK	SOUTHERN STATES BANCSHARES INC	United States	$215.93M	8,871,500	54.17%	13.95%	Net Buying	Net Buying
SRCE	1ST SOURCE CORP	United States	$1.21B	24,489,694	56.65%	43.35%	Net Buying	Net Buying
PWOD	PENNS WOODS BANCORP INC	United States	$131.61M	7,513,898	27.94%	7.78%	Net Buying	Net Buying
PFS	PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC	United States	$1.15B	75,984,175	71.57%	9.16%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SFNC	SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORP	United States	$2.19B	125,327,684	67.29%	2.86%	Net Buying	Net Buying
BRKL	BROOKLINE BANCORP INC	United States	$740.94M	88,894,577	78.83%	5.91%	Net Selling	Net Selling
HOPE	HOPE BANCORP INC	United States	$1.32B	120,127,885	82.91%	17.09%	Net Buying	Net Buying
BSVN	BANK7 CORP	United States	$253.68M	9,238,206	8.64%	91.36%	Net Selling	Net Selling
PBHC	PATHFINDER BANCORP INC	United States	$77.22M	6,100,071	14.40%	27.29%	Net Buying	Net Buying
BCH	BANK OF CHILE	Chile	$11.21B	101,017,081,114	0.01%	0.00%
FHN	FIRST HORIZON CORP	United States	$8.28B	558,807,806	79.94%	2.97%	Net Selling	Net Selling
BVFL	BV FINANCIAL INC	United States	$119.45M	11,375,803	34.99%	7.23%	Net Buying
FIBK	FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYSTEM INC	United States	$2.81B	103,935,844	79.07%	20.93%	Net Selling	Net Selling
UBSI	UNITED BANKSHARES INC	United States	$4.50B	134,952,678	70.98%	2.97%	Net Selling	Net Selling
UNB	UNION BANKSHARES INC	United States	$127.04M	4,519,384	14.55%	85.45%	Net Buying	Net Buying
CBSH	COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC	United States	$7.20B	129,877,146	70.26%	5.29%	Net Selling	Net Selling
PBBK	PB BANKSHARES INC	United States	$32.04M	2,634,967	8.05%	10.41%	Net Buying	Net Buying
BSAC	BANCO SANTANDER CHILE	Chile	$10.28B	188,446,126,794	0.02%	0.00%
FMAO	FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANCORP INC	United States	$296.79M	13,664,345	23.95%	18.06%	Net Buying	Net Buying
SASR	SANDY SPRING BANCORP INC	United States	$965.76M	44,940,147	66.84%	1.44%	Net Buying	Net Selling
HBT	HBT FINANCIAL INC	United States	$597.74M	31,643,206	23.78%	63.07%	Net Buying	Net Buying
FNB	FNB CORP	United States	$4.93B	358,945,531	79.21%	2.46%	Net Buying	Net Buying
HTLF	HEARTLAND FINANCIAL USA INC	United States	$1.52B	42,689,058	71.48%	8.10%	Net Selling	Net Selling
TRMK	TRUSTMARK CORP	United States	$1.84B	61,084,299	67.66%	7.33%	Net Selling	Net Selling
MRBK	MERIDIAN CORP	United States	$101.79M	11,185,515	45.77%	11.42%	Net Buying	Net Buying
BSRR	SIERRA BANCORP	United States	$303.16M	14,788,121	55.07%	41.30%	Net Selling	Net Selling
RVSB	RIVERVIEW BANCORP INC	United States	$93.94M	21,111,043	64.58%	30.76%	Net Buying	Net Buying
TCBK	TRICO BANCSHARES	United States	$1.13B	33,268,102	39.02%	60.98%	Net Selling	Net Selling

Bank Stocks FAQ

What are the best bank stocks to buy right now in Apr 2024?

According to Zen Score, the 3 best bank stocks to buy right now are:

1. Webster Financial (NYSE:WBS)

Webster Financial (NYSE:WBS) is the top bank stock with a Zen Score of 59, which is 26 points higher than the bank industry average of 33. It passed 21 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Webster Financial has seen its stock return 22.46% over the past year, overperforming other bank stocks by 4 percentage points.

Webster Financial has an average 1 year price target of $59.00, an upside of 31.02% from Webster Financial's current stock price of $45.03.

Webster Financial stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 11 analysts covering Webster Financial, 63.64% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 36.36% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Orrstown Financial Services (NASDAQ:ORRF)

Orrstown Financial Services (NASDAQ:ORRF) is the second best bank stock with a Zen Score of 58, which is 25 points higher than the bank industry average of 33. It passed 21 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Orrstown Financial Services has seen its stock return 42.75% over the past year, overperforming other bank stocks by 24 percentage points.

Orrstown Financial Services has an average 1 year price target of $32.00, an upside of 20.85% from Orrstown Financial Services's current stock price of $26.48.

Orrstown Financial Services stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Orrstown Financial Services, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Cb Financial Services (NASDAQ:CBFV)

Cb Financial Services (NASDAQ:CBFV) is the third best bank stock with a Zen Score of 57, which is 24 points higher than the bank industry average of 33. It passed 20 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Cb Financial Services has seen its stock return 5.01% over the past year, underperforming other bank stocks by -14 percentage points.

Cb Financial Services has an average 1 year price target of $24.50, an upside of 8.26% from Cb Financial Services's current stock price of $22.63.

Cb Financial Services stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Cb Financial Services, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 100% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the bank stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 269 bank stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 bank stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Blue Ridge Bankshares (NYSEMKT:BRBS)

Blue Ridge Bankshares (NYSEMKT:BRBS) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the bank industry average of 3.85%.

Blue Ridge Bankshares's dividend payout ratio of -4.5% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. New York Community Bancorp (NYSE:NYCB)

New York Community Bancorp (NYSE:NYCB) has an annual dividend yield of 18.86%, which is 15 percentage points higher than the bank industry average of 3.85%. New York Community Bancorp's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. New York Community Bancorp's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

New York Community Bancorp's dividend payout ratio of -350% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Bancolombia Sa (NYSE:CIB)

Bancolombia Sa (NYSE:CIB) has an annual dividend yield of 10.79%, which is 7 percentage points higher than the bank industry average of 3.85%. Bancolombia Sa's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% six times in the last 10 years. Bancolombia Sa's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Bancolombia Sa's dividend payout ratio of 39.4% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are bank stocks down?

Bank stocks were down -0.44% in the last day, and up 2.7% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why bank stocks are down.

What are the most undervalued bank stocks?

Based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score, the 3 most undervalued bank stocks right now are:

1. First Business Financial Services (NASDAQ:FBIZ)

First Business Financial Services (NASDAQ:FBIZ) is the most undervalued bank stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. First Business Financial Services has a valuation score of 100, which is 50 points higher than the bank industry average of 50. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

First Business Financial Services's stock has gained 21.38% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the bank industry by 2 percentage points.

2. First Us Bancshares (NASDAQ:FUSB)

First Us Bancshares (NASDAQ:FUSB) is the second most undervalued bank stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. First Us Bancshares has a valuation score of 100, which is 50 points higher than the bank industry average of 50. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

First Us Bancshares's stock has gained 35.76% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the bank industry by 17 percentage points.

3. Op Bancorp (NASDAQ:OPBK)

Op Bancorp (NASDAQ:OPBK) is the third most undervalued bank stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Op Bancorp has a valuation score of 100, which is 50 points higher than the bank industry average of 50. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Op Bancorp's stock has gained 4.24% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the bank industry by -15 percentage points.

Are bank stocks a good buy now?

37.25% of bank stocks rated by analysts are a hold right now. On average, analysts expect bank stocks to rise by 13.54% over the next year.

What is the average p/e ratio of the banks - regional industry?

The average P/E ratio of the banks - regional industry is -9.61x.

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