Ameris Bancorp

Overview

Date Founded

1980

Headquarters

310 First Street SE, Moultrie, GA, 31768, USA

Type of Company

Public

Employees (Worldwide)

1,804

Industries

Retail & Commercial Banking
Holding Companies

Company Description

Ameris Bancorp is a bank holding company, which through the subsidiary, Ameris Bank, engages in the provision of banking services to its retail and commercial customers. It operates through the following business segments: Banking, Retail Mortgage, Warehouse Lending, the SBA and Premium Finance. The Banking segment offers full service financial services to include commercial loans, consumer loans and deposit accounts. The Retail Mortgage segment includes origination, sales, and servicing of one-to-four family residential mortgage loans. The Warehouse Lending segment includes the origination and servicing of warehouse lines to other businesses that are secured by underlying one-to-four family residential mortgage loans. The SBA segment comprises of origination, sales, and servicing of small business administration loans. The Premium Finance segment comprises origination and servicing of commercial insurance premium finance loans. The company was founded on December 18, 1980 and is headquartered in Moultrie, GA.

Website

http://www.amerisbank.com

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In The News

Business Wire

January 28, 2020

Southwest Georgia Financial Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter and Record Full Year 2019 Financial Results

SNL Financial

January 27, 2020

Ameris Bancorp keeping M&A on pause, shrugs off MOE question

SNL Financial

January 24, 2020

Ameris Bancorp reports higher Q4'19 net income YOY

Marketline Newswire

January 23, 2020

Ameris Bancorp posts Q4 and full year 2019 results

Associated Press Financial Wire

January 23, 2020

Ameris Bancorp: 4Q Earnings Snapshot

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Executives & Employees

Kenneth J. Hunnicutt

Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer & President

H. Palmer Proctor, Jr.

Chief Executive Officer & Director

Nicole S. Stokes

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Ameris Bank & Ameris Bancorp

Michael T. Pierson

Executive Vice President & Chief Operations Officer

Jody L. Spencer

Executive Vice President & General Counsel

William D. McKendry

Executive Vice President & Chief Risk Officer

James Allan LaHaise III

Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer

Jon S. Edwards

Executive Vice President & Chief Credit Officer of the Company & the Bank

Ross L. Creasy

Executive Vice President & Chief Innovation Officer

Cindi H. Lewis

Chief Administrative Officer

Board (Type Unknown)

James B. Miller, Jr.

Executive Chairman at Ameris Bancorp

Leo J. Hill

Fund Advisor at Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.

H. Palmer Proctor, Jr.

Chief Executive Officer & Director at Ameris Bancorp

William Millard Choate

Founder at Choate Construction Co.

Rodney D. Bullard

Robert Dale Ezzell

Founder at Wisecards Printing & Mailing

Elizabeth A. McCague

President at McCague & Co. LLC

Robert P. Lynch

Chief Financial Officer & Vice President at Lynch Management Co.

Daniel B. Jeter

Director & Principal at Georgia Installment Lenders Association, Inc.

Jimmy D. Veal

Former Director, Chairman of the Board of Ameris Bank at Ameris Bancorp

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Owners & Shareholders

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GW&K Investment Management LLC

GW&K is a research-oriented adviser that primarily employs fundamental analysis for the evaluation of investment opportunities and the construction of investment portfolios. They may also employ varying degrees of macroeconomic, sector, industry, interest rate, or policy analysis in formulating investment decisions or constructing investment portfolios. GW&K specializes in actively-managed domestic municipal bond, taxable bond and equity strategies.

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NWQ Investment Management Co., LLC

NWQ is a long-term investor which implements its investment strategies through an active research-driven, fundamentals-based, value-oriented process across the capitalization spectrum. Utilizing a corporate finance-oriented, cash flow focused discipline to identify potential investments trading at attractive absolute valuations, the firm typically invests in companies that it believes are undervalued, have downside protection, and possess catalysts or inflection points expected to help unlock value. NWQ employs a conservative approach to risk-adjusted performance by remaining disciplined in their approach, while weighing downside risk. Their stock selection process is driven by bottom-up fundamental research. NWQ's research analysts constantly evaluate companies within their defined investable universe based upon a variety of both qualitative and quantitative criterion.

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FJ Capital Management LLC

FJ Capital Management manages a long/short equity hedge fund that employs a fundamental investment approach and focuses on investments in underfollowed financial institutions and small- and mid-cap banks and thrifts.

Recent Transactions

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Ameris Bancorp purchases Fidelity Southern Corp.

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Ameris Bancorp purchases Hamilton State Bancshares, Inc.

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Ameris Bancorp purchases Atlantic Coast Financial Corp.

Insider Transactions

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James Allan LaHaise III

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Jon S. Edwards

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Jimmy D. Veal

Transaction Advisors

Legal Advisor

Rogers & Hardin LLP

Advised onAmeris Bancorp purchases Fidelity Southern Corp.

Investment Advisor

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.

Advised onAmeris Bancorp purchases Atlantic Coast Financial Corp.

Accountant

Maudlin & Jenkins

Advised onAmeris Bancorp purchases Golden Isles Financial Holdings, Inc.

Legal Advisor

Jody L. Spencer

Advised onAmeris Bancorp purchases Fidelity Southern Corp.

Associate

Andy Mutch

Advised onAmeris Bancorp purchases Merchants & Southern Banks of Florida, Inc.

Analyst

Michael T. Thaden

Advised onAmeris Bancorp purchases Merchants & Southern Banks of Florida, Inc.

Advisors & Consultants

Advisor

Andrew B. Cheney

Former Chief Executive Officer at Ameris Bancorp

Advisor

Peter F. Finnerty, Jr.

Principal, Investment Banking at Sandler O'Neill & Partners LP

Key Stats and Financials As of 2019

Market Capitalization

$2.86B

Total Enterprise Value

$3.42B

Earnings Per Share

$2.75

Revenue

$835M

Net Profit

$161M

Total Debt

$1.55B

Total Equity

$2.47B

Enterprise Value Sales

4.1x

TEVNet Income

21.17x

Debt TEV

0.45x

Political Donations

$500

2012

Kirkman Finlay III

$200

2009

Nikki G. Setzler

$500

2001

Johnny W. Floyd

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