CFB vs. GSBC, HBT, MBWM, FCBC, OSBC, MCBS, UVSP, EGBN, CPF, and IBCP
Should you be buying CrossFirst Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CrossFirst Bankshares include Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), HBT Financial (HBT), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), Univest Financial (UVSP), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), and Independent Bank (IBCP). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Great Southern Bancorp (NASDAQ:GSBC) and CrossFirst Bankshares (NASDAQ:CFB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Great Southern Bancorp has a net margin of 18.31% compared to Great Southern Bancorp's net margin of 14.37%. Great Southern Bancorp's return on equity of 11.05% beat CrossFirst Bankshares' return on equity.
In the previous week, Great Southern Bancorp and Great Southern Bancorp both had 2 articles in the media. CrossFirst Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Great Southern Bancorp's score of 0.58 indicating that Great Southern Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Great Southern Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $57.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.33%. CrossFirst Bankshares has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.97%. Given Great Southern Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CrossFirst Bankshares is more favorable than Great Southern Bancorp.
Great Southern Bancorp received 207 more outperform votes than CrossFirst Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.83% of users gave Great Southern Bancorp an outperform vote while only 46.00% of users gave CrossFirst Bankshares an outperform vote.
Great Southern Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CrossFirst Bankshares. CrossFirst Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Great Southern Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
41.7% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.3% of CrossFirst Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 27.7% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of CrossFirst Bankshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Great Southern Bancorp has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CrossFirst Bankshares has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Great Southern Bancorp beats CrossFirst Bankshares on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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