EGBN vs. GSBC, FCBC, MBWM, UVSP, CTBI, HBNC, CPF, HTBK, LBAI, and SBSI
Should you be buying Eagle Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eagle Bancorp include Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), Univest Financial (UVSP), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), and Southside Bancshares (SBSI). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Great Southern Bancorp (NASDAQ:GSBC) and Eagle Bancorp (NASDAQ:EGBN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Great Southern Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $57.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.94%. Eagle Bancorp has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.24%. Given Great Southern Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Eagle Bancorp is more favorable than Great Southern Bancorp.
In the previous week, Eagle Bancorp had 6 more articles in the media than Great Southern Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Eagle Bancorp and 4 mentions for Great Southern Bancorp. Eagle Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Great Southern Bancorp's score of 0.24 indicating that Great Southern Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Great Southern Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Eagle Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Great Southern Bancorp pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eagle Bancorp pays out 71.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Eagle Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Great Southern Bancorp. Eagle Bancorp 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.
Eagle Bancorp received 107 more outperform votes than Great Southern Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.96% of users gave Eagle Bancorp an outperform vote while only 55.83% of users gave Great Southern Bancorp an outperform vote.
Great Southern Bancorp has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eagle Bancorp has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Great Southern Bancorp has a net margin of 18.31% compared to Great Southern Bancorp's net margin of 11.14%. Eagle Bancorp's return on equity of 11.05% beat Great Southern Bancorp's return on equity.
41.7% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of Eagle Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 27.7% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Eagle Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Great Southern Bancorp and Eagle Bancorp tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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